80
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
It brims with the charm, wisdom and light touch that have endeared French films to international audiences for more than a century. It doesn't hurt that its star is "Amelie's" Audrey Tautou.
Happenstance (Le Battement d'ailes du papillon)
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- France
- 2000
- · 90m
Director
Laurent Firode
Cast
Audrey Tautou,
Faudel,
Eric Savin,
Nathalie Besançon,
Lysiane Meis,
Irène Ismaïloff
Genre
Romance,
Drama,
Comedy
How, thanks to what's known as the "Butterfly theory" (a random series of unlinked events), can a young woman and a young man meet?
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What are critics saying?
80
Washington Post by Michael O'Sullivan
Utterly delightful fable of romantic destiny.
80
Washington Post by Stephen Hunter
Stars Audrey Tautou, gaminelike, waiflike, vivid and completely adorable.
75
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
Happenstance represents an intriguing meditation on the unseen forces that no one can escape.
75
Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea
Mild but engaging romance.
63
Boston Globe
It has every mark of inspiration by imitation.
50
Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
The movie has magical moments, but it's too contrived to gather much comic or dramatic power.
40
New Times (L.A.) by Jean Oppenheimer
Viewers expecting another enchanting, whimsical tale of high energy and mischievous spirits will be sorely disappointed.
40
Austin Chronicle by Kimberley Jones
A clever idea that never stretches beyond just that -- a caterpillar that never blooms into a butterfly.
25
Seattle Post-Intelligencer by William Arnold
Tautou seems tired, mean-spirited and utterly devoid of that Audrey Hepburn-like charm that made her the international movie find of 2001.
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