Shopgirl Critic Reviews

A film of wisdom, emotional subtlety and power.Read the full review

A tender and perceptive film.Read the full review

Elegant and exquisitely tailored.Read the full review

This is a special film whose delicate tone ranges from tender to astringent, with occasional side trips into sweet.Read the full review

Even the film's missteps (the score, by Barrington Pheloung, is cringe-inducing) can't stop this meditation on love -- Martin calls it "Jane Austen for the twenty-first century" -- from melting into heartbreak.Read the full review

This is a smart, adult romance that rarely panders to clichés, and gives up the heady bliss of most such movies in favor of something bittersweet.Read the full review

"Hilary And Jackie" director Anand Tucker establishes and maintains an appropriately delicate tone, apart from the presence of cartoonish, jarring man-eater Bridgette Wilson, who seems to have wandered in from a much cruder comedy.Read the full review

It's smart, spare, elegant and understated.Read the full review

Displaying some fine performances -- including a lovely one by Claire Danes and a lively one by Jason Schwartzman -- the elegantly appointed Shopgirl certainly has the goods but it ultimately fails to make the sale.Read the full review