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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88PremiereAaron HillisPremiereAaron HillisWhere Dans Paris truly pops, besides its spot-on leads or the slick curation of its fashions and locales, are in its mood-mixing musical moments.
- 83The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayBesides the restless style, Dans Paris is remarkable for being more about familial bonds than French cinema tends to be.
- 80The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisPicks up where the early François Truffaut and his comrades-in-cinema left off -- with a playful, liberatory style, and a song (actually, a few) in his heart and on his actors’ lips.
- 70VarietyVarietyInside Paris is that rarity, a genuinely honest, unpretentious and delightful, small film, alternately sober and effervescent, steering clear of either heavy-going philosophizing or dreaded whimsy.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceChristophe Honoré's Dans Paris is both a floppy, joyful tribute to the French New Wave and an inspired retelling of "Franny and Zooey."
- 70SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirThere's a vivid comedy to this family's emotional state of siege, an easy confidence to Honoré's camerawork, and plenty of beautiful bodies.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckDans Paris makes the city seem like the ideal place to be clinically depressed.
- 50Washington PostAnn HornadayWashington PostAnn HornadayDans Paris will delight aficionados familiar with its myriad references, and there's no denying the appeal of Duris and Garrel. But once the source of the boys' primal wound is revealed, the whole enterprise comes to feel as mechanical as the Bon Marche window display that serves as one of the film's plot points.
- 50New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoMake a movie about depressed people, and what do you get? A depressing movie.