It takes some time for 'The Midwife' to get there, and when it does, it does so quietly. But with Deneuve and Frot as traveling companions, at least you know the destination will be worth it.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 28, 2021

When does a soap-opera-style plot transcend its seedy origins and deserve to be taken seriously?

| Jun 5, 2020

Becomes a tizzy of increasingly milquetoast sketches.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 10, 2019

With heavy hitters Deneuve and Frot as the two leads, the film becomes a pleasure to just sit back and watch, as these two women at the top of their craft inhabit complex, vulnerable, evolving characters.

| May 28, 2019

The Midwife is a warm-hearted, intelligent film as full of life as the profession in the title suggests.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 26, 2019

Provost delivers Ozu by way of Chantal Akerman in this razor-sharp portrait of troubled, dreary, ordinary lives.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 21, 2019

The Midwife's seeming simplicity is deceptive; it'll leave you with a lot to think about.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 1, 2019

There's something overwhelmingly nice and extremely watchable about the great acting in The Midwife that makes it well worth seeking out.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 19, 2018

Only French cinema knows how to mine the best from its older actresses, and the two Catherines, given the chance to shine, grab it.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 23, 2018

The Midwife is not endearing for its script, its message or its originality, but it works for the wonderful pair between Cahterine Deneuve and Catherine Frot. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 13, 2018

Although The Midwife is predictable in its idea, oscillates between an elegant drama that keeps unexpected and the moments of comedy, it maintains a conventional structure... [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 13, 2018

The film leaves us with a series of ideas and reflections that we will be grateful for and will most certainly enjoy seeing onscreen. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 9, 2018

The performances from Catherine Deneuve and Catherine Frot save this film from falling into being ordinary. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 9, 2018

The Midwife is an exemplary case for both demonstrating the remarkable quality of the average [French] production and... highlighting realistic stories and well-defined portrayals. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 6, 2018

The French director Martin Provost achieves a film that conquers emotion without resorting to sentimentality. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 3, 2018

A modest movie about female friendship that doesn't go beyond the superficial fires that ignite between the two Catherine's, but it works because it doesn't try to either. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 1, 2018

Between [the characters'] disagreements nests a pinch of hope, a breath of reconciliation. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 30, 2018

It's a delight to see Deneuve and Frot share scenes. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 6, 2018

Sometimes it doesn't achieve its purpose...but when it does, it even provides a few moving scenes. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 22, 2018

Instead of charging at the drama of the story full force, "The Midwife" makes us feel as though we are watching the events from the side, at something of a distance, and this makes the movie moderate and mature.

| Dec 27, 2017