Not a classic, though a welcome addition to the genre.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 14, 2019

Eduard Grau's cinematography, terrific performances all round, in particular the simmering chemistry between Schoenaerts and Williams, should ensure Suite Française's success as well as adding to Némirovsky's fan base.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 4, 2019

A note perfect glimpse of life in occupied France during the Second World War: the horrors, desperation and love that grows from a shared passion of music.

| Aug 22, 2018

It's not that Suite Franaise is boring, just predictable, a serviceable slice of wartime Nmes-by-numbers, made interesting mostly because the director, Saul Dibb, has allowed Scott Thomas to unload her most formidable weapon: sourness.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 15, 2018

Suite Franaise adds nothing to the cinematic documentation of France during World War II.

| Jan 11, 2018

There's little indication that this story requires a telling, or at least a telling by people with such didactic inclinations.

| Original Score: C | Feb 22, 2016

Dibb's tribute to the author is honourably meant. But his crude distortions do her novel a grave disservice.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 2, 2016

This movie engages the viewer from the beginning due to the great performances, the production design and the chemistry between Michelle Williams and Schoenaerts. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Dec 30, 2015

Michelle Williams offers interesting acting work yet again in this impecably produced love story. [Full review in Spanish]

| Dec 23, 2015

And extraordinary and perfectly executed love story. [Full review in Spanish]

| Dec 23, 2015

Concentrated, very focused, with a great recreation of the time period and Kristin Scott Thomas unleashing her talent with overpowering precision, the movie is a good proposal amidst the current wave of WWII revisionism. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Dec 8, 2015

Based on the novel by Irene Nemirovsky, it has humanized nazis and amoral frenchmen. [Full review in Spanish]

| Dec 8, 2015

If you've seen Casablanca or The Pianist, you already know half of this war drama that never becomes as hearbreaking as it aims to be. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 3, 2015

A movie that speaks as much about the horrors of war as the deepest darkest secrets of its characters. [Full review in Spanish]

| Nov 12, 2015

This Suite remains intriguing, if still unfinished.

| Aug 25, 2015

A sturdy enough but ultimately overpolite entry into the classic wartime women's melodrama, in which war's impact on the lonely heart is nearly as devastating as the havoc wreaked on limb and landscape.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 3, 2015

What could be all-too-familiar here is mostly fresh and engaging, thanks to understated storytelling and a great cast.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 2, 2015

As doomed wartime romances go, the film doesn't offer anything particularly original. But with palpable tension and poignancy, Suite Francaise is fine filmmaking well worth watching.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 2, 2015

The narrative is steady and suspenseful, the acting uniformly strong, and the horror and injustice of war are not too watered down by sentimentality.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 2, 2015

So ordinary and dully executed there's almost nothing to recommend it.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 15, 2015