Agnès Jaoui's debut feature is a rather pathetic French romantic comedy. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/10 | Dec 15, 2021

Talky, but [its] casual wandering feel swirls the viewer in before we even realize how much dialogue there is.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 26, 2006

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jun 19, 2003

the perfect date film for those with a fondness for Rohmer, Roquefort, and Chablis.

Full Review | Jun 3, 2003

The type of movie you watch for the acting and the character development, which are both outstanding

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 22, 2002

Full Review | Original Score: B | Apr 3, 2002

A witty, wry examination of what happens when opposites attract.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 25, 2002

... demonstrates that, as in real life, reel life may be both bitter and sweet, sometimes simultaneously.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 21, 2001

First time director Agnes Jaoui has done a fine job of springing this little life lesson on us.

Full Review | Original Score: 78/100 | Dec 6, 2001

A knockout piece of entertainment.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 1, 2001

Succeeds with believable characters and situations born of lives well studied.

| Nov 30, 2001

The movie's unique appeal lies less in the style than the substance -- particularly, in the emerging hero at the centre of the tale.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 30, 2001

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 30, 2001

With keenness, subtlety and unexpected twists, The Taste of Others reveals all. And makes us smile at the revelations.

Full Review | Sep 14, 2001

Slyly written, the intelligent social satire is surely acted and ... confidently, ably directed.

Full Review | Sep 13, 2001

It is an interesting character study as far as it goes, but it seems a bit slight and low-key. It isn't simplistic, but it isn't all that rich and complex, either.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 11, 2001

A genial yet insightful comedy-drama, a film of rare grace and honest humor.

| Original Score: A- | Sep 11, 2001

An affectionate portrait of a cross section of humanity.

Full Review | Aug 24, 2001

Jaoui ... has an unerring eye for the things men and women do to impress each other.

Full Review | Jul 12, 2001

There are some things the French do better than we do, and the small movie is one.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jun 29, 2001