63
Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Time Out LondonDave CalhounTime Out LondonDave CalhounThe film is not without its problems – Michelle Williams is an elusive lead, and a wide array of characters come at the expense of depth – but it’s a knotty, thoughtful piece of work nonetheless.
- Suite Francaise exudes a sense of glossy class in its design, staging and costumes and its lead actress Michelle Williams is especially fine, responding perfectly to a role that could have been tricky.
- 63Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThe central romance earns short shrift, with all these characters to service and all those story lines to get in. It doesn’t help that Williams’ Lucille doesn’t give herself over to the passion and never quite sells us this “relationship.” Schoenaerts broods over just what he might be putting on the line, but Williams is so cool that we don’t buy into the risks taken.
- 60EmpireAnna SmithEmpireAnna SmithSterling performances lift the occasionally soapy storyline in this semi-successful adaptation.
- A much-admired text is respectfully brought to the screen in a film that nonetheless struggles under the burden of its war movie clichés.
- 60The TelegraphTim RobeyThe TelegraphTim RobeyWell-played and divertingly handsome, it’s one of those pedigreed visions of love and war which backs away from specifics, reassuring us almost to death with its lavish craft. It’s thoroughly easy to sit through, when it should probably have been harder.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinThe Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinHas sturdy production values, a tony cast and middlebrow tastefulness up the wazoo, but barely any soul, bite or genuine passion.