Canada · 2014
1h 42m
Director Denys Arcand
Starring Éric Bruneau, Mélanie Thierry, Melanie Merkosky, Marie-Josée Croze
Genre Drama
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Luc is a brilliant young architect who lives with his beautiful wife in the countryside of Quebec. When Luc goes on a business trip, he meets and falls for a mysterious woman. Caught in a triangle of emotions, Luc puts everything in jeopardy to pursue her as his seemingly perfect life begins to fall apart.
An almost bizarrely limp, emotionless, blank greeting card of a movie, this purported romantic comedy-drama contains little of the three, at best serving as a sort of extended L.L. Bean advertisement, full of fabulously shot footage of Eastern Canadian vistas and the well-dressed rustic yuppies who live there.
Denys Arcand fashions a commandingly leisurely pace that allows us to follow these people who walk a tightrope separating ecstasy from misery.
Screen International by Dan Fainaru
If there is a star in this show, it is certainly cinematographer Nathalie Moliavko-Visotzky whose work stands out as the one perfectly valid reason to watch this film.
The Hollywood Reporter by Jordan Mintzer
The film feels at once incredulous and strangely inept, with the director resorting to facile plot twists or heavy-handed pathos whereas a little subtlety and sense would have went a long way
An Eye for Beauty star Éric Bruneau proves to be a haircut in search of a man, which makes him ideal for this vapid adultery drama that delivers the character depth of your average spread in Architectural Digest.
Los Angeles Times by Michael Rechtshaffen
Insistently distancing if aesthetically pleasing.
The A.V. Club by Mike D'Angelo
Beautiful people living in beautiful houses surrounded by stunningly beautiful Canadian landscapes dominate the aptly titled An Eye For Beauty, which unfortunately also demands a stomach for tedium.
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
A low point in the director’s career, this sleek chilly film isn’t acted so much as posed.
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