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It's Only the End of the World admirable, and the film's contrasts to mirror Dolan's. "Télérama"s Louis Guichard wrote Dolan kept his style with his first all-French cast and a darker story. AlloCiné, a French cinema website, gave the film an average of 3.2/5, based on a survey of 44 French reviews. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 44% approval rating based on 77 reviews, with an average score of 5.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, ""It's Only the End of the World" is stocked with talent and boasts a story steeped in conflict, but the end result proves a disappointing misfire from writer-director