Started out very well then got very slow...meh...

For all its vivid period atmosphere and striking scenes, there is a meandering quality that keeps the film from being truly involving. It's not the lack of sentiment, but perhaps the absence of any sort of momentum.

Randy Cordova

Arizona Republic

There are moments of joy and humor throughout, and the film insists on feeling those emotions, just as much as it does grief.

Kimber Myers

The Playlist

Much more interesting than Jacques and Arthur's relationship is Christophe Honoré's subtle portrait of the early '90s as a time of accelerated mortality and mourning, but also of material encounters of all kinds.

Diego Semerene

Slant Magazine