Aimer, boire et chanter 2014

Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post: If this isn't a grand finale (2012's "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" felt that way), it's still an affectionate coda for a master. Read more

Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader: As in all of Resnais's theatrical adaptations, the performances are warm and naturalistic, countering the artificiality of the stage conventions and illuminating the universal struggle to create personal meaning in lives bound by social convention. Read more

Richard Brody, New Yorker: One of the cinema's most lighthearted and free-spirited farewells. Read more

Mark Jenkins, NPR: Where the director's early work was haunted by the Holocaust, the atomic bomb and the Algerian war, Life of Riley blithely celebrates love, possibility and absurdist surprises. Read more

Stephen Holden, New York Times: "Life of Riley" is neither especially profound nor riotously funny. Read more

David Ehrlich, Time Out: Most of the film's pleasures will be reserved for Resnais die-hards ... Read more

Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: So frothy and chiffonesque it threatens to burst its own cheeks. Read more