Critics who gave the film positive reviews included Danielle Attali of "Le Journal du Dimanche", who praised it as "a true wonder, with stunning colors, sensations, emotions, intelligence". François Vey of "Le Parisien" found it to be "funny, upbeat, impertinent" and "in a word, iconoclastic". Philippe Paumier of the French edition of "Rolling Stone" said that, "Transformed into a sanctuary for the senses, the microcosm of power becomes this moving drama of first emotions and "Marie Antoinette", the most delicate of looks on adolescence". Frodon, editor of "Les Cahiers du cinéma", praised Coppola for her "'genius' at portraying adolescent alienation."