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Bosley Crowther, New York Times: Generally, Mlle. Varda is so absorbed with her camera stunts, as she is in that scene in the hat shop or when she is screening that comedy short, that the essential concentration on the heroine is neglected and the interest lost. Read more
Time Out: Not every minute is as spirited as Varda would like us to believe, but in the cinema of enchantment this ranks pretty high. Read more
Ed Halter, Village Voice: Varda transforms the typical French cinema gamine into a complex, tragic figure: the girl who's all too good at playing plaything, forced to face the hollowness of her youth. Read more