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Delicacy Review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 3.0
    53

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Mixed or average reviews
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    critic review scores.

  • 40

    out of 100

    Variety

    Tautou is fine but clearly typecast as another whimsical pixie with strong melancholy undercurrents.

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  • 40

    out of 100

    Village Voice Melissa Anderson

    Tautou, playing workaholic widow Nathalie in Delicacy, gives off a sexless, cutie-pie charm - not as aggressively as she did in "Amélie," but still gratingly. The actress, therefore, is perfect for this dainty, inconsequential romantic dramedy.

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  • 40

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter

    A flat-footed and seriously unsexy romantic dramedy.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    The New York Times Neil Genzlinger

    It's a lightweight romance that occasionally shows a sense of humor but seems afraid to turn it loose.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

    The two stars appear to be as bewildered by the turn of events as we are.

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  • 60

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Robert Abele

    Delicacy isn't going to set anybody's psyche on fire with its insights into grieving and emotional recovery, but as a crepe-thin romantic snack, it has its moments.

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  • 75

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    Delicacy is a sweetheart of a love story, and cornball from stem to stern.

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4

Delicatesse by Jabelzinc
The beginning moves poetically but slowly along without enough humor for me. Audrey Tautou is gloriously beautiful on one hand but a little pouty and humorless on the other. Francois Damiens is such an earthy, awkward contrast to her. It's almost embarrassing at first. However, the watcher learns to love him as he sees and accepts her for what she really is. He brings humor, joy, and aliveness back into her life playing his absolutely dreadful, Swedish music which he describes as, "a group of Swedish musicians who were crushed by Abba." giving her a beautifully wrapped gift of Pez,which her father would always give her as a child, and finally imagining her through all the stages of her life. in the end, the movie is touching and redeeming, definitely worth seeing.

5

Delicacy for Your Life from Audrey Tautou
The Delicacy in a very pleasant and unobtrusive form will force you to rethink many of your life values. Most likely from some of them you will be happy to refuse and others will be under your strong reviewing. Almost all of us want those or other changes. But as a rule, we do not always want them consciously. If you wish, you can read my full article on this movie: [BLOCKED WEBSITE]

3

Delicacy by Peneflix
As we tread through life certain ubitqtious lessons are revealed. One is that grief has no parameters and spares no one; the second vital, and surprising lesson, is that you do not choose who you love; it can come out of oblivion, tackle your blind side, imprison your heart in a fortress; its duration, ephemeral or eternity..."Delicacy" is wistful, gentle in its tale of loss, love, rejuvenation. For those who read the novel by David Foenkinos (also directs with his brother, Stephane) there are no surprises and eventually the film will fade, as does all fantasy but there was one line worth remembering: when asked about his love for Nathalie, Markus replies that she makes him "the best version of himself". A simple, succinct testimony of what one should search for and nurture in a partner... THREE STARS!!! ***For full review please visit peneflix.com

5

by jondoe0069

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