The film (which Garrel directs as well as stars in) gathers a madcap momentum, in the way that really bad life choices are apt to do.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 27, 2023

... A frothy heist movie with an unexpectedly tender heart.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 25, 2023

It’s a broad, enjoyable, lighthearted movie with a fair few not-insignificant plot holes, but a genuinely surprising storyline that keeps you guessing to the end.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 22, 2023

A fun, soapy caper – earnestly silly and very warm.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 21, 2023

Though it has moments when the screenplay feels rather too contrived, The Innocent is, on the whole, a strong drama of filial devotion that exceeds the normal limits.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 15, 2023

Unpredictable and untamed, The Innocent keeps you off-kilter, and its escalating antics always entertain.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 14, 2023

The Innocent is a delicious hybrid, like Garrel’s other films -- a drama, because the emotions are played straight; a romance, because the characters are looking for love; and above all a comedy, because Garrel pushes it quietly towards logical mayhem.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 13, 2023

This film is a slightly slipperier customer than a topline summary would suggest, with tonal shifts that shouldn’t work, but somehow do.

| Apr 6, 2023

Few caper comedies have this much heart, and few romantic dramas offer such an appealingly nutty plot.

| Mar 16, 2023

A humanistic story wrapped in a fun, punchy exterior, much like the French synth-pop music throughout its soundtrack.

| Mar 16, 2023

“The Innocent” is quirky, touching, and well-played fun.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 3, 2023

In The Innocent, perhaps the real McCoy isn’t radical honesty but a performance of the same.

| Mar 1, 2023

The Innocent is the first movie of Cannes 2022 to give me that belly aching, knee slapping laughter that I desperately needed.

| Jun 10, 2022