Irma Vep 1996

Critics score:
91 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Minor but witty. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: As effortless as a shrug and boasts a film buff's dream cast. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Scripted in ten days and shot in less than a month, the film unravels like a delirious piece of automatic writing, though in this case the sinister implications apply to a very different world -- our own. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Assayas turns the camera on the behind-the-scenes process, and the results are both comic and revealing. Read more

Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: It's a languorous love ballad, and a daring one, about the way moving pictures move, the way they hold light, the way they steal from us when we're not looking. Read more

Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: A film of such spontaneity, freshness and breezy chaos that you feel as if it were assembled from happy accidents and inspired, seat-of- the-pants improvisation. Read more

David Edelstein, Slate: Irma Vep's director, Olivier Assayas, evinces a love of the process that's nearly as palpable as Truffaut's. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: A delightfully nonchalant movie, complete with some nice satirical barbs aimed at contemporary French film culture, and fine performances throughout. Read more

David Rooney, Variety: Slender but appealing. Read more