The Housekeeper(Une femme de ménage)

Wall Street Journal by

The effect is a haunting vision of neediness, age and rejection.

Washington Post by Desson Thomson

Even if the film is only moderately enjoyable, it can create a sort of exotic escapism.

Dallas Observer by Jean Oppenheimer

Although meant as a light comedy-drama in which both characters are sympathetic, The Housekeeper instead proves irritating.

TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

It may be an old story, but Berri draws fresh poignancy from this December-May romance by identifying so empathetically with Jacques.

Premiere by Laine Ewen

Understated, quietly amusing, and steadily paced.

New York Post by Lou Lumenick

The film is extremely well-acted, and Berri is very good at demonstrating why the relationship is doomed.

Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman

By the end, you may marvel at the film's worldly-wise wink of maturity. You may also think, Is that all?

New York Magazine (Vulture) by Peter Rainer

Berri is very good at bringing out his characters' emotional contradictions so that we seem to be discovering them right along with Jacques and Laura.

The New York Times by Stephen Holden

Fits squarely into a Gallic tradition of wistful, worldly-wise comedies that reflect on the weakness of the flesh.

Philadelphia Inquirer by Steven Rea

Possession, humiliation, jealousy, revelation . . . they're all painted in light, swift strokes by the veteran director and his two stars.