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90
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Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan
In almost every way that I can think of, L'Auberge Espagnole is a perfect movie... It is a film that feels alive.
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90
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Washington Post Ann Hornaday
It's an exhilarating, funny, very sweet movie.
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90
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Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
Blissfully funny, terrifically intelligent and tender when you least expect it to be.
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80
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Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Exhilarating comedy...Its warm, embracing spirit is refreshing in these divisive times.
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75
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
The movie is as light and frothy as a French comedy, which is what it is, a reminder that Cedric Klapisch also directed "When the Cat's Away" (1996).
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75
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Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
The atmosphere of gentle communal chaos is authentic enough to become the movie's dramatic center.
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75
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San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
Does a beautiful job of capturing that mood -- the exuberance and wistfulness of one man's last year of youthful irresponsibility before joining the rat race.
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75
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USA Today Claudia Puig
It energetically captures the frenzied pace of contemporary existence, the complexities of life in a multicultural world, the rootless joys of living in a foreign city and the heady world of possibilities one envisions while in college.
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75
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Boston Globe Ty Burr
The movie also rather sweetly suggests that the apartment being shared is Europe itself. There's a reason this warm, stylish human comedy was a big hit all across the Continent: It conveys a new generation's conviction that borders no longer matter.
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70
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The New York Times Dana Stevens
Presents an appealing and persuasive picture of European integration, in which national differences, which once sparked military and political conflict, are preserved because they make life sexier and more interesting.
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