The downbeat story unfolds in quick, incisive slashes in which the combination of minimal dialogue and gorgeous black-and-white photography lends the movie a chilly documentary realism.
Le Besco gives an unforgettable performance in a movie that's sweet and sad, formally near-perfect but never cynical.
70
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Based on true events, À Tout De Suite reveals the seductions of criminal life to be something like Stockholm Syndrome for Le Besco.
70
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Less a tale of desperado lovers than a cruel story of youth, Tout de Suite is framed largely in close-up, with few transitional shots and a narrative that grows increasingly fragmented.
70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Set in Paris in 1975, this sensitive, low-key film is another exquisitely crafted volume in French director Benoit Jacquot's collection of films about young Frenchwomen at pivotal points in their lives.
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Though it happens two-thirds into the movie, when Lili is abandoned by the others in Greece without either luggage or money, Le Besco's vulnerability draws us into her predicament.
60
VarietyDavid Rooney
VarietyDavid Rooney
Strikingly crafted but rather empty drama.
50
New York Post
New York Post
A series of beautifully bleak black-and-white images of the sexy actress Islid Le Besco staring gravely out of windows.
50
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Jacquot seems unwilling to either shape his story or offer commentary, a standard New Wave strategy that, in this instance, makes for a tale as vague as it is nouvelle.