Les amours d'Astrée et de Céladon 2007

Tayt Harlin, New York Magazine/Vulture: Rohmer has not succumbed to pessimism or despair in his late work, and here he is as light of touch and witty as ever. Read more

John Hartl, Seattle Times: It's often as fresh and buoyant as [Rohmer's] modern takes on the battle of the sexes. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: The movie looks and feels exactly how it probably was to make: like a walk in the park. Read more

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: In what he claims will be his final film, 87-year-old Eric Rohmer fashions a serenely daffy coda to a half a lifetime spent behind the camera exploring the vicissitudes of romance. Read more

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: Even though I much prefer Mr. Rohmer's forays in the contemporary world from very oblique vantage points, I find his period spirituality very genuine. Read more

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Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: I can't think of another director who would even have tried to make this mythic wonderland come alive, with its impossibly beautiful actors, lush, bucolic scenery and not even the slightest concession to contemporary notions of realism. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Rohmer's knack for fable is manifest even in his modern-dress films, and in Astrea and Celadon a feeling of fable - of more to this story than meets the eye - is ever-present. Read more

Ben Kenigsberg, Time Out: Read more

David Fear, Time Out: Goes from mere bad choice to embarrassing clunker...Community-college theater troupes have rendered broad burlesques with more skill. Read more

Wally Hammond, Time Out: It is the wisdom, passion, joy and hope with which he invests the film that makes it so terribly moving. Read more

Ronnie Scheib, Variety: Pic's fantastic third act more than makes up for such occasional slogging. Read more

J. Hoberman, Village Voice: The movie's gravity has the effect of raising Rohmer's career-long concerns to cosmic heights. Read more