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Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Village VoiceSerena DonadoniVillage VoiceSerena DonadoniA hodgepodge of artistic gestures grafted onto a traditional narrative, neither fully linear nor experimental.
- 40EmpireEmpireSloppily structured, indifferently played and unbearably smug.
- 40The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawIt’s a strange, naive work, with something fundamentally misjudged about the drama, characterisation and casting.
- 40Time Out LondonCath ClarkeTime Out LondonCath ClarkeIt aims for a loose, French New Wave style but settles for muddled and rambling. It’s tortured for all the wrong reasons.
- An oblique, overlong film from French fashion designer Agnès B, whose arty flourishes and wooden dialogue are as intrusive as the blaring Vivaldi score.
- 40The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenMy Name Is Hmmm ... has its magical moments, but they are sabotaged by the director’s showy, ham-handed technique applied to a frustratingly threadbare screenplay that leaves you wanting more.
- 33The PlaylistGabe ToroThe PlaylistGabe ToroThe fashion mogul feels as if she’s learning bit by bit how to tell a story cinematically, how to complete transitions and flash back and forward, how to set a mood and tempo. It’s basically the rough cut of a student film which, to its credit, is also often more interesting than most student films outright.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe Hollywood ReporterBoyd van HoeijThe film contains numerous stylistic flourishes... But none of these elements advance the story, prompt a deeper emotional response or suggest something new about the characters, reducing them to meaningless window-dressing for what little story their is.
- 25Slant MagazineTomas HachardSlant MagazineTomas HachardThe feeling here was perhaps intended to be impressionistic and elusive, but the result is instead rambling and unfocused.