Madame de... 1953

A.H. Weiler, New York Times: Like its turn-of-the-century decor and costuming, it is elegant and filled with decorative but basically unnecessary little items, which give it gentility and a nostalgic mood, but nothing much more substantial. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Ophuls's camera style is famous for its physicalization of time, in which every fleeting moment is recorded and made palpable by the ceaseless tracking shots, yet his delineation of space is also sublime and highly charged. Read more

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: Three good reasons you should see The Earrings of Madame de ... are the presence and performances of Danielle Darrieux, Charles Boyer and Vittorio De Sica. This celestial triangle has never been surpassed in grace, charm and, yes, wit and humor. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: One of the most mannered and contrived love movies ever filmed. It glitters and dazzles, and beneath the artifice it creates a heart, and breaks it. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: Ophuls' penultimate film. Read more

Ben Kenigsberg, Time Out: Slighter and more emotionally distant than Ophuls's masterpiece 'Letter from an Unknown Woman', but filled with a similar mood of romantic despair and desperation. Read more

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J. Hoberman, Village Voice: On one hand, Madame De . . . is all surface and style; on the other, it conveys real loss. Read more