60
Those who loved the original Auberge will likely be eager to book rooms once again.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
70
As long as Klapisch keeps his characters pinballing each other from one Euro-capital to the next, Russian Dolls remains fun and charming, without ever seeming remotely serious or meaningful.
70
Russian Dolls offers touristic views of London, Paris, and St. Petersburg, where Wendy and Xavier both go for the wedding of another former roommate, and many pretty faces and bodies; it's froth with a sprinkling of earnest reflection.
60
For all its self-conscious pizzazz, this is irresistibly entertaining.
63
New York Daily News by Jack Mathews
Meandering, overlong digital soap opera.
50
Viewers who thought the protags were superficial and annoying first time around will find little to change their minds here, but original pictures fans will probably embrace the now-scattered group's marginally more mature dilemmas centered on work and romance.
75
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
Klapisch's use of split screens, fragmented images and nouvelle vague-ish editing would be annoying if it weren't so in keeping with the youthful exuberance his characters haven't quite lost.
75
These characters are still rich, and their potential growth still compelling. Here's hoping we meet them again in another five years.
50
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
The shallowness of this idealized depiction of European cultural homogeneity is largely camouflaged by the comfortable fit of its director's sensibility with the actors' likable, lived-in performances. An apt alternative title for Russian Dolls might be "Lovers Without Borders."