60
It's in the characters that the film works beautifully, right up to the clever and tender final sequence.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
75
Philadelphia Inquirer by Carrie Rickey
The scenery is majestic, the goats adorable, the characters alternately gruff and tender. Like the best storytellers, Carion delays vital information about his characters that makes their dynamic increasingly interesting.
80
Washington Post by Desson Thomson
The movie, which Carion wrote with Eric Assous, has a calming quality. The story moves slowly but, given the milieu and pace of life, this seems perfectly appropriate.
80
The Girl From Paris may not have half the smooth technique of "Swimming Pool," but it has 10 times the heart and soul.
63
New York Daily News by Jack Mathews
Moves as slowly and deliberately as it sounds, but Seigner and Serrault are extremely effective in roles often requiring them to work alone, or together in loaded but wordless exchanges.
70
Carion and his gifted leads never take the easy way out. Instead, they let the characters get acquainted against the slow change of the seasons, taking their relationship along unexpected turns.
80
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
Wise, understated, warm and witty, it presents stars Michel Serrault and Mathilde Seigner in roles that fit them so perfectly they could have been tailor-made.
60
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
Yes, the story is pure formula, though given less twinkle and lip gloss than Hollywood would have brought to bear on it; the film is so remake-friendly you can cast it in your head.
70
The New Republic by Stanley Kauffmann
Precisely the point of films in this genre is to provide pleasant predictability. We collaborate, in a way: we chuckle silently as, so to speak, we make the film ourselves.
50
Carion, in his feature debut, means well, and his characters are lovable. But the plot is so predictable and sentimental that viewers are likely to lose interest before Sandrine and her goats walk off into the sunset.