75
The director has a novelist’s attention to nuance, and Barrage is at its best during the scenes in which Catherine and Alba are casually trying to redraw their boundaries.
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50
It’s a generational drama anchored by three great performances, but it feels rather distinctly average — and it’s hard to make Isabelle Huppert look average.
60
After a taut, flinty opening that sees Huppert and Chammah sparring to quietly heart-ripping effect, the air trickles out of this sensitive but cliché-laced drama
60
The Hollywood Reporter by Jordan Mintzer
The film is more of a character study than a full-fledged family drama, though one that benefits from strong, naturalistic performances by castmembers that seem to know one another all too well.
70
Screen International by Lisa Nesselson
The style is minimalist and meandering but does eventually add up to an unsettling portrait of three generations connected by blood if not affection.
40
Sadly, Schroeder lacks the confidence required to elevate this average drama into something more substantial.
40
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
It’s an anticlimactic oddity of a film, and a slightly wasted opportunity – but with curiosity value.