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A celebrity journalist, juggling her busy career and personal life, has her life over-turned by a freak car accident.
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| The Irish TimesTara BradyWe’re accustomed to Dumont leapfrogging from one genre to another, but he has seldom attempted so many swerves and shifts as he manages here. |
| Film ThreatRay LoboMost of us are aware of the “production” inherent in television news. Dumont presents to us the contradiction and spurs us on, in Brechtian fashion, to try to resolve it. |
| Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenIn part because of the depth of Seydoux’s performance, the film becomes less an allegory of a nation and more a gripping character study, a portrait of a mask of personal and professional regard slowly slipping away. |
| The Film StageDavid KatzThough France holds water as a black comedy and faintly realistic character study, hitting plausible yet predictable satirical targets, what makes it a good, characteristic Dumont film is its sense of experimentation. |
| The PlaylistElena LazicThrough the character of France, Dumont crafts an entertaining critique of the media more interesting for its formal and stylistic oddities than for its arguments, especially in the way he radically slows down a usually frenetic world. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleIn “France,” Dumont has not created a commentary on modern life, so don’t approach the movie looking for that. He’s made a movie about the consequences of modern life for one person, a portrait of contemporary mores as seen from the inside. |
| Washington PostMichael O'SullivanDumont is clearly critiquing the way we mediate life via screens, large and small. There are times in this rambling story when the filmmaker’s point isn’t quite as obvious, but that’s only because he has a habit of trying to jab several moving targets with a sharp stick all at the same time. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsEven when it’s outlining its own ideas more through rhetoric than character, France keeps us on our toes regarding what’s around the corner. Seydoux’s the chief but hardly the only reason to find out. |
| Paste MagazineNatalia KeoganWhatever it’s trying to say, France rewards those who are willing to take the journey without a promise of clear resolution. |
| The GuardianPeter BradshawWhatever its flaws, this movie provides fans of French star Léa Seydoux with a treat. |
