75
Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
Although there's quite a bit of nudity and sex, the potentially sensationalistic story is acted with sincerity and directed with a creative eye.
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80
Despite a few potholes of ennui along the way, pic has enough entertainment value to cross borders and titillate auds with its plentiful nudity and uninhibited sexual mores.
30
The characters exist in single dimensions (trapped in a noxiously misogynist role, even the fearless Richard stands no chance), and in an effort to keep the plates spinning, the movie quickly devolves from risqué to risible.
50
New York Daily News by Jami Bernard
Despite a plethora of "naughty bits," it's a yawn.
40
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
Certainly sexy, entertaining and provocative -- in several senses of the word -- but it's also tiresome as only a French film can be when everyone in it has only sex and amour on his or her mind and is deadly serious about both.
40
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
Pascal's low-key presence is particularly important, since in another actor's hands Alain's whining and waffling could easily be insufferable.
12
New York Post by Megan Lehmann
The only feeling the character seems capable of is lust -- and when he hits on the male nurse looking after his newborn baby in the hospital, this hollow, unfunny "comedy" moves from merely tedious to nasty.
30
Surprisingly unsexy, uninvolving affair.
50
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
Quickly turns into an earnest talkfest (spiced with flashes of nudity and sexually explicit dialogue) that feels stiffly programmatic and ultimately false.