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A long, messy cinematic novel full of hate, love, murder, ghosts, madness, poetry and Catherine Deneuve.
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70
This movie, however incomplete and frustrating, is also fully alive and extraordinarily intelligent.
100
Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
It's hugely ambitious, with a sweeping range of character types, frequently shifting moods, stylistic flourishes of many kinds, and some mighty wry satire, aimed largely at the world of psychotherapy.
80
This enjoyable French pic welds together drama, melodrama and comedy.
75
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
Arnaud Desplechin's sprawling drama exudes a go-for-broke determination that is frustrating and exhilarating.
90
This extravagant family melodrama, one of the highlights of last year's New York Film Festival, runs two and a half hours and never lags, so moment-to-moment enthralling are Desplechin's narrative gambits, as well as his reckless eccentricity.
80
The kind of brainy human comedy that only this formidable French auteur seems capable of making.
80
The New York Times by Manohla Dargis
Late in his new film Kings and Queen, the wildly gifted French director Arnaud Desplechin yanks the rug from under his characters and sends both them and us reeling.
70
Though frequently dazzling, Kings And Queen proves that a bunch of punchy singles don't necessarily make an album.