75
It's the talk...and the extraordinarily expressive faces of those who do the talking, that accounts for its engrossing, enchanting powers.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
80
The New York Times by Dana Stevens
As sublimely warming an experience as the autumn sun that shines benevolently on the vineyard owned by the film's central character.
80
Will be remembered as a vintage Rohmer harvest.
90
Washington Post by Desson Thompson
A movie that dares you to slow down and enjoy the subtleties of life.
60
Remind(s) us of the power of good old-fashioned character-driven movies.
80
The Village Voice by J. Hoberman
If the carefully planted romantic intrigue is serenely slow to ripen, the process is never less than intriguing.
75
New York Daily News by Jack Mathews
One of Rohmer's more engaging slices of life. The acting is impeccable.
100
Few, if any, films this year will approach, let alone equal, Autumn Tale in its subtle sparkle.
70
Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum
The last and best of his "Tales of the Four Seasons."
90
Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan
Droll and delicious.
70
A typically deftly layered meditation on men, women, friendship and the prospect of romance.
100
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
Rohmer treasures the undervalued glories of discourse and the intimacy of conversation over the obviousness of action or sexual display.
67
Austin Chronicle by Marjorie Baumgarten
A quietly interesting but unusually perceptive story about love and relationships.
100
Chicago Tribune by Michael Wilmington
A film which should gratify any audience starved for intelligent dialogue, realistic portrayals of romance and lovely, non-cliched open-air photography.
100
San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle
They talk and talk, and somehow it's delightful.
100
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
Rohmer elegantly seduces us with people who have all of the alarming unpredictability of life
75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer by William Arnold
An almost documentary reality and voyeuristic appeal.