50
Screen International by Allan Hunter
It achieves stray laughs and some clever moments, but not enough to render it more than a strained curiosity.
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80
The Hollywood Reporter by Boyd van Hoeij
Eccentric and occasionally hilarious, this is yet another uniquely Bozonian creation, which this time explores the transmission of ideas between teachers and students and the tricky notion that our good side might not necessarily be our best side after all.
83
It’s a fascinating role in an uneven but frequently insightful movie riddled with amusing asides and enigmatic developments, partly because Huppert doesn’t undergo a radical transformation. Instead, she subtly finds herself at war with her inner confidence, and it’s often hard to tell which side has the upper hand.
40
The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
Whenever the movie tries to say something insightful about racial integration — or education, or any number of issues — it backs off or bogs down. It’s so tonally and ideologically unfocused that its ideas just slip away.
60
Half enjoyable, half frustrating.
60
Character and psychology aren't really the point here. Bozon's world is one of adult grotesquerie splatting against the wall of youthful hostility.
58
The film is a trifle, albeit one spiked with mirth and malice.
50
The A.V. Club by Mike D'Angelo
Like Bozon’s other films, Mrs. Hyde just comes across as randomly odd, throwing together a bunch of disparate, individually intriguing elements and hoping they’ll add up to something cohesive and satisfying. As usual, they don’t.
80
The New Yorker by Richard Brody
Serge Bozon’s sharply political comedy—a giddily imaginative reworking of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale—stars Isabelle Huppert, who revels in its sly blend of dissonant humor, intellectual fervor, and macabre violence.
83
The Film Stage by Rory O'Connor
There is much to savor in this beautifully-crafted movie.