60
Broad comedy and a little slapstick ensue. In the end, you’ve got to have a heart harder than a tortoise shell not get a little misty.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
30
The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck
This sentimental French farce unsuccessfully strains for laughs while lurching towards its all too predictable denouement.
20
The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
This sickly sweet concoction sets your teeth on edge.
50
If Nenette as a character is more a narrative convenience than a depiction of an actual condition, her permanent childhood does provide the 63-year-old Balasko with an exuberant, unpredictable role. That she continues to make work for herself as both an actress and a director is a good thing, but it would be better if she found a more ambitious writer.
20
The film indulges in much wannabe-funny wailing, shrieking, and flopping about by Nénette and Paul, only to then lace its buffoonish material with semi-serious undercurrents.
20
French actress-writer-director Josiane Balasko plunges in with all the finesse of a hopped-up Pollyanna, her simplistic interpretation of an impaired sexagenarian coming close to outright parody.