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Go see Western because the first 98% is sly, endearing, and clever fun. As for the ending, do what you did for Aliens III and/or IV: just pretend it never happened.
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80
Modest, but immensely engaging.
80
The New York Times by Janet Maslin
A funny, romantic film filled with cozy intimacies and lovely, wide-screen images of the French countryside.
70
Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum
A rambling but ultimately rather affecting comedy-drama by a talented filmmaker who's almost completely unknown here, this has a deft feel for lower-middle-class life in rural France that registered strongly on its home front.
70
Viewers who don’t share the director’s obvious affection for his often funny characters will find the pic too long and too diffuse, but its cumulative rewards are ample.
83
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
The two are unlikely compadres — no Hope and Crosby, just a couple of average guys walking, talking, and looking for the love of good women. But Poirier establishes an attractive, believable friendship between the immigrants.
78
Austin Chronicle by Marc Savlov
Many have already heralded Poirier as the cutting edge of the new French cinema, and while that may be overstating things a bit, it's worth noting that this is a road movie unlike any other you've yet seen.
75
San Francisco Chronicle by Peter Stack
Director Manuel Poirier (Antonio's Girlfriend) is easygoing in the way he uses Paco and Nino to poke through veneers of machismo.
50
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
The same material, filmed in America, might seem thin and contrived; the adventures are arbitrary, the cuteness of the men grows wearing, and when Nino has an accident with a chainsaw, we can see contrivance shading off into desperation.