The characters are well-observed and mercifully unrepresentative of their home countries. (Kevin Bishop is laugh-out-loud funny as a clueless British visitor who shows up to offend more than one national sensibility.)
The Spanish Apartment(L'Auberge espagnole)
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France, Spain · 2002
Rated R · 2h 2m
Director Cédric Klapisch
Starring Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Kelly Reilly, Cécile de France
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
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French university student Xavier moves to Barcelona to learn Spanish in hopes of becoming more attractive to employers. Living in an apartment with other international students, he develops a crush on one of his roommates, and begins to reevaluate his relationship with his girlfriend.
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Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
Exhilarating comedy...Its warm, embracing spirit is refreshing in these divisive times.
Charlotte Observer by Lawrence Toppman
Movies can certainly be worse than bad sitcoms, and this is one of them.
At times, writer-director Cedric Klapsich seems to be trying to copy the frestyle of "Amelie," but L'Auberge achieves only a fraction of its charm.
Austin Chronicle by Marc Savlov
A dodgy, hit-or-miss affair that never quiet seems to gel: too many lumpy bits, and not enough crème.
Washington Post by Michael O'Sullivan
In almost every way that I can think of, L'Auberge Espagnole is a perfect movie... It is a film that feels alive.
Miami Herald by Rene Rodriguez
Best of all, L'Auberge Espagnol uses Barcelona as a veritable character, a picturesque, vivacious place where, as one character puts it, ''No one eats before 10 p.m."
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
The movie is as light and frothy as a French comedy, which is what it is, a reminder that Cedric Klapisch also directed "When the Cat's Away" (1996).
Not since Lukas Moodysson's "Together" has communal living been depicted with such warmth and feeling for the entire ensemble.
The New Republic by Stanley Kauffmann
The pace is fairly hectic, which it needs to be. (Mustn't linger on bubbles.) The performances are warm, especially the tender Judith Godrèche as the doctor's wife.
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