Les Amants reguliers (Regular Lovers) Critic Reviews

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The New York Times | Manohla DargisAdd Critic to Favorites

While the film’s desperately sad finale indicates that Philippe Garrel knows the truth of '68 better than most and might have suffered a crisis in faith in the years since, this magnificent film is itself proof that all was not lost.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Noel MurrayAdd Critic to Favorites

Regular Lovers isn't a folly-of-youth story that aches with emotion, like "Au Revoir," "Les Enfants" or "The Squid And The Whale." It's drier, and simpler.Read the full review

Variety | Leslie FelperinAdd Critic to Favorites

Regular Lovers evokes the '60s pretty well just through dialogue and rhythm -- better, in fact, than Bernardo Bertolucci's more reverently detailed "The Dreamers." However, the film's slow tempo induces the feeling one is living through the whole of 1968 in one sitting.Read the full review

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