Although the acting and recombinant twists of the plot dance with spontaneity, Rivette's mise-en-scène is precision exemplified.

| Jun 17, 2013

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 7, 2008

It's an engaging diversion from a master director who, at the ripe age of 78, appears to be once again at the top of his game.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 12, 2007

It lacks the scariness, the mystery, and even much of the curiosity of Rivette's better work.

| Nov 12, 2007

Jacques Rivette's playful romance takes time to find its feet, yet its leisurely charm and generous compassion towards its characters proves a winning combination.

| Nov 12, 2007

The result is like a formation dance performed at the speed of a chess game.

| Nov 12, 2007

In its artistic quality, subtle complexity, and thematic concerns Rivette's film recalls Renoir's Rules of the Game and particularly Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night, which also deals with a theatrical troupe and the notion of life versus art

| Original Score: A | Feb 27, 2007

If true love is a state in which each sees the other as he or she would most want to be seen (and maybe it isn't), then Va savoir (Who Knows) is the definition of true love.

| May 19, 2004

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jun 19, 2003

Leave it to the French to release a film that refuses to pander to the lowest common denominator.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 20, 2003

It's slight, contrived and conceited. But, oh, for more films as flawed as this one.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 23, 2002

It's possible to walk away with either a warm glow or thinking, so what? To which I'd reply by quoting the translation of the title: who knows?

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 30, 2002

For my money, this is a pretentious, overlong (150 minutes), boring film about people for whom living seems to be a chore, and human connection impossible.

| Oct 21, 2002

There are a number of fantastic scenes in Va Savoir, but the realities of its characters and their portrayals -- some no doubt a function of a different culture, others undercooked in any language -- undermine its effectiveness.

| Original Score: C- | Sep 23, 2002

A curiosity that's easily forgettable.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 12, 2002

Rivette and his players know that exploring the unanswerable is where the fun and riches lie. Anyone who treasures precisely tuned direction and meaningful dialogue will agree.

| Aug 17, 2002

An intelligent, sophisticated hymn to modern-day relationships.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 29, 2002

This might sound terribly convoluted, but on screen it plays out simply and humorously.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 5, 2002

Rivette deftly entertains while intellectually posing conundrums and revealing the complexity of human desires.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 28, 2002

For those people, like me, who do not become engaged by the rambling and plodding story that screenwriters Pascal Bonitzer and Christine Laurent created, the film is sleep-inducing.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 26, 2002