Happenstance (2000) Critic Reviews

Perhaps it's all a bit too much, and perhaps it doesn't add up, but the loose ends give the picture a jaunty, improvised feeling that, while it leads to some confusion, is ultimately part of its whimsical charm.Read the full review

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.Read the full review

Stars Audrey Tautou, gaminelike, waiflike, vivid and completely adorable.Read the full review

Utterly delightful fable of romantic destiny.Read the full review

In Happenstance, fortune doesn't just smile -- it schemes and tricks and zigzags, forming an urban road map of fate's detours.Read the full review

Happenstance represents an intriguing meditation on the unseen forces that no one can escape.Read the full review