Poupoupidou 2011

Stephen Holden, New York Times: If "Nobody Else but You" is smart and entertaining, it is a little too clever for its own good. Read more

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Writer/director Gerald Hustache- Mathieu gives it all a literary intelligence and a sense of breathless, playful noir... Read more

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: A playful French meta-mystery that's occasionally too proud of its own cleverness. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Writer-director Gerald Hustache-Mathieu sustains a fresh voice influenced by the Coen brothers and the infernal snow of Fargo. Read more

Jordan Mintzer, Hollywood Reporter: A quirky murder mystery where the world's most famous blond gets resurrected in rural France. Read more

Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: The enduring mythology of Monroe enters the story as a mildly engaging echo and turns into an all-consuming avalanche, leaving out in the cold much of what feels fresh and appealing about the film. Read more

Mark Jenkins, NPR: The movie may teeter on the edge of Switzerland, but its playful sensibility is entirely French. Read more

Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post: "Nobody Else But You'' has a great deal going for it, not the least of which is Rouve, who takes the novelist's obsessiveness, depression and general boorishness and turns it all into the source of his appeal. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: This one doesn't go on the list of great recent European thrillers, but it's engrossing, and in the character of Martine/Candice, it touches real poignancy. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: "Nobody Else But You" takes a novel concept and a willing leading lady and squanders both through drab, lifeless storytelling. Read more

Boyd van Hoeij, Variety: A subversive and strange little film noir. Read more

Stephanie Merry, Washington Post: It's an enjoyable way to spend 100 or so minutes, but once it ends, it might make a disappearing act from memory. Read more