Critic consensus:A gritty, languidly paced crime drama that blends old-fashioned ambiance with modern cynicism.

Numbered reviews:1. [Xavier Beauvois] is a clean and sure director, with a good selective eye: he knows where we ought to be looking at any moment. We can hope for more Beauvois films with worlds of their own.
2. Has a clipped, Bressonian quality that makes it frustrating but also increasingly fascinating.
3. The film's plot, revolving around a murder investigation that turns nasty, ticks along smoothly and efficiently. But it's ultimately more of a character drama, and a reminder that great acting often has little to do with words.
4. Basically a vivid meal of characters, plus coffee and wine and one gin tonic, Le Petit Lieutenant keeps true to its brasserie menu.
5. Beauvois makes the milieu his own, too, showing us credible and affecting human beings caught up in a world that often reveals humanity at its worst.
6. Le Petit Lieutenant looks at Antoine's life with lyricism.
7. ... one that will likely earn more respect from viewers than it will passion.
8. The movie's realism is unimpeachable, though American cops might be stunned by the idea of a half-dozen detectives being assigned to the murder of an anonymous floater.
9. Just as the French may overrate our cinema (Jerry Lewis, anyone?), we may overrate theirs. Take Le Petit Lieutenant -- please.
10. ...More than any film in recent memory, Le Petit Lieutenant conveys the relentless toll of big-city police work.


Critic consensus:While it's plenty predictable and sentimental, The Sapphires also has an irresistible feel-good vibe, winning music and charming performances to spare.

Numbered reviews:1. A rousing soundtrack helps to compensate for some of the historical embellishments in this Australian crowd-pleaser.
2. Fires on all cylinders when it drops all pretense and allows its talented cast to simply belt out a series of pure, unfiltered slices of ear candy.
3. It might not possess the exuberant innocent fun of 'That Thing You Do!' or the overall brilliance of 'The Commitments' but 'The Sapphires' shines enough in its own right. (Complete Content Details for Parents also available)
4. 'Sapphires' got heart and soul
5. Let's trivialize a legacy of cruelty and denigration, in a country where indigenous people suffered from centuries of human rights abuse! And let's make the carnage of Vietnam look like a paintball game!
6. If you love the music of Motown and enjoy a feel good success flick, then "The Sapphires" fits the bill.
7. [A] genial, entertaining, cliché-ridden showbiz story from Australia.
8. Delirious surprises crowd out the clichés in this thoroughly disarming movie.
9. A very conventional story of a '60s Australian girl group gains extra power from its context and setting in this fact-based story set to the beat of Motown soul.
10. "The Sapphires" illustrates how the same old story - in this case, the one about a 1960s girl group and its struggles - can be freshened up through the novelties of place and characterization.


Critic consensus:The Intern doesn't do enough with its timely premise, but benefits from the unorthodox chemistry of its talented leads.

Numbered reviews:
1. There's not much here story-wise. But when Meyers wants to write an involving scene with characters thinking and feeling the way humans think and feel, you want to applaud.
2. A nice little film that is peppered with several mild laughs.
3. The Intern is a throwback comedy to the filmmaker's early work such as Baby Boom and Father of the Bride: sweet, uncomplicated, and overly earnest.
4. Meyers continues to be like baseball sabermetrics in cinematic form: Maybe never a home-run hitter, but someone who's patient and gets on base over and over and over again.
5. De Niro and Hathaway's characters grow ever closer in their relationship, and even end up literally "in bed" together. But it's not what it sounds like.
6. The Intern is an insubstantial Nancy Meyers comedy kept afloat by Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway's screen chemistry.
7. The Intern is feel-good cinema with something to say, but still doesn't want its viewers to feel bad about anything.
8. The movie wants to believe that you can manage the perfect career and family life - that humanity doesn't need to be sacrificed for capitalism - and because we like these characters so much, we do, too.
9. The potential for this film to fall apart due to a saccharine script or overacting was high, but Meyers and her cast never let that happen.
10. I found Meyers' script charming and delightful. Plus the added charisma of De Niro and Hathaway on screen helps to keep "The Intern" from getting stupid.