A work of image and mood, Bonjour Tristesse captures the mythopoetic wonder of an adolescent summer, and the effect is trancelike.

Natalia Winkelman

The New York Times

Chew-Bose’s filmmaking can be tasteful to something of a fault; the number of whispery conversations begins tipping the film over from gentle character piece to slight self-importance, a palpable self-consciousness of hyper-sensitivity.

Ethan Vestby

The Film Stage

Chew-Bose’s screenplay doesn’t explore the characters deeply enough to replace the book’s jaw-dropping quality with any psychological depth.

Caryn James

The Hollywood Reporter