The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie(Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie)

Salon by Charles Taylor

This has to be one of the most completely realized comedies ever made, and, in its odd way, one of the most civilized.

Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt

Movies don't come more original, inventive, or outlandishly entertaining.

Philadelphia Inquirer by Desmond Ryan

A classic of subversive surrealism.

L.A. Weekly by Ella Taylor

In the nearly 30 years since the movie was released (it won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1972), one forgets how falling-about-funny is this mad caper.

TV Guide Magazine by Frank Lovece

A brilliant surrealistic joke about a group of friends whose attempts to dine are continually thwarted.

Village Voice by J. Hoberman

One of the best titles in movie history and a cast to match.

Boston Globe by Jay Carr

Slly, sublime, buoyant mischief that is virtually without parallel in 20th-century art, much less 20th-century film.

Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas

Far from seeming dated, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie seems timelier than ever, downright prophetic, for that matter.

Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman

It seems pompous and scattershot now -- a tweaking of privileged European smugness that unfolds with a playful daisy-chain logic but has the tone of a quaint, doddering lecture.

San Francisco Examiner by Wesley Morris

If there's a granddaddy of breezy situationalism, it's probably Buñuel.