French filmmaker Cedric Klapisch takes the old clichs of culture clash, college roommate chaos, and a young adult's education outside the confines of the classroom and turns it into vision of the then-new European Union as communal household.

| Jun 16, 2016

fun, irresistibly charming and very genuinely felt

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 17, 2010

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 7, 2008

A Big Mac with a mineral water chaser.

| Jul 29, 2008

A pleasant, entertaining bit of cinema.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 29, 2006

[Its] cheery characters are ultimately stuck wending their way through wackily contrived scenarios fit for a sitcom.

| Original Score: C+ | Apr 24, 2006

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 16, 2005

L'auberge espagnole or The Spanish apartment is a lovable, cozy mess just like its architectural setting.

| Mar 25, 2005

...not a difficult movie to criticize, [but] a hard movie not to like.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jan 29, 2005

Frothy ensemble comedy/romance flick.

| Original Score: C+ | Dec 12, 2004

European Union navel-gazing plus braying youth worship equals L' Auberge Espagnol.

Full Review | Sep 1, 2004

There isn't enough story or character development to make this into the breathtaking escapade Klapisch seems to have aspired to.

| May 21, 2004

The episodic L'auberge Espangnole is like a younger and European version of Friends.

| Original Score: 2.75/5 | Apr 19, 2004

Deft, exhilarating comedy

| Dec 19, 2003

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 15, 2003

No funciona apenas como retrato da globalizao e do choque de culturas, mas tambm como a jornada pessoal de um jovem rumo definio de sua vida

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 1, 2003

Yet another example of writer/director Klapisch's way of finding fresh new insights within the most mundane of circumstances.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 17, 2003

Klapisch has imbued the film with such energy and such insight that his themes linger on the palate, like the aftertaste of a fine French or Spanish or Italian or German or whatever wine.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 17, 2003

It's a rarity, a comedy about young adults that does not laugh at their inexperience, and remains accessible even to old fogies.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 17, 2003

A film whose limitations are the same as its appeal: It's a bauble.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 17, 2003