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France · 2021
1h 24m
Director Nine Antico
Starring Sara Forestier, Laetitia Dosch, Andranic Manet, Inas Chanti
Genre Comedy
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26-year-old Sophie just found out she landed that job at a famous Parisian publisher. However, everything explodes when she finds out she is pregnant. She breaks up with her boyfriend and must return to waiting tables like her friend Julia, an aspiring actress. How can one survive in the city under such conditions?
Little White Lies by Ariel Klinghoffer
Misguided, wandering, and searching for a purpose, Sophie spends the remainder of the film looking for answers. The dénouement, however, is not fulfilling for her or the audience, sacrificing a potential emotional breakthrough for the story’s weak undercurrent of a quest for love.
The New York Times by Beatrice Loayza
There are no particularly moving insights, and it falls short of a proper character study, but “Playlist” does intrigue with its droll individual parts — if not the sum of them.
It feels worthwhile – funny and true about growing up and getting a life.
The Observer (UK) by Wendy Ide
Sara Forestier is likable enough as the somewhat hapless Sophie, who dreams of working as an artist but whose main preoccupation is finding a man.
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