Le Divorce Critic Reviews

A relaxed delight, a series of delicately tongue-in-cheek musings about the clash between American and French cultures.Read the full review

While there are too many characters in too much story for the movie to really involve us, it's amusing as a series of sketches about how the French think they are a funny race (or the Americans, take your choice).Read the full review

Acted with relish by a note-perfect cast -- a romantic comedy of true sophistication. There's a sting in every laugh. Read the full review

This present-day Paris of Le Divorce is smartly shot and costumed, and the whole affair is breezy and uncharacteristically insouciant, given the reserved nature of the folks responsible for it.Read the full review

Captures the effervescence and playfulness of Johnson's novel, even as it attempts to shoehorn a tangle of characters and situations.Read the full review

One minor element in Le Divorce, the sale of a disputed and possibly valuable painting that once belonged to Watts' family, welcomes scene-stealing bits by Bebe Neuwirth and Stephen Fry as appraisers with clashing motives. Read the full review

Utterly charming and not without those subtle insights into character and culture that mark their (Merchant Ivory) best films. Read the full review

A tasty bonbon, initially appealing but not terribly satisfying. Read the full review

Characters are left half-developed or undeveloped so that as much plot as possible can be crammed into two hours. The result, while not wholly unsatisfying, will disappoint those used to the cinematic richness we have come to expect from this collaboration. Read the full review