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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardGives moviegoers a funny, observant, evanescent approach to the mysteries of human desire.
- 80SalonStephanie ZacharekSalonStephanie ZacharekHappily Ever After is an exhilarating, joyous picture, but it's sometimes terrifying, too. It offers a vision of marriage as an adventure we embark on together, alone. If you didn't cry, you'd laugh.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenNobody does adultery in movies with more style and zest than the French, especially when the mode is frivolous. And anyone who watches Happily Ever After can identify with the grass-is-always-greener daydreams that haunt its characters.
- 70The New RepublicStanley KauffmannThe New RepublicStanley KauffmannThe most important aspect of the stories about all five characters is the way they are told. Attal and his editor Jennifer Augé have found an attractive playful style: they never let the stories rest, almost juggling them, and keep them gamboling before us.
- 70Los Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoLos Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoIf this strikes some as some kind of gallingly blasé, ostentatious Parisian sophistication, it's far from it.
- 63New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoYou need a scorecard to keep track of who's bedding whom in Happily Ever After, a tres French take on sex and love, in that order.
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghAttal's characters are one-note position statements, which forces the unsubtle soundtrack - mostly American pop songs that range from the Velvet Underground's "Sunday Morning" to Radiohead's "Creep" - to bear the brunt of clarifying their thoughts and feelings. Without it, you'd be entirely in the dark.
- 40VarietyLisa NesselsonVarietyLisa NesselsonRepetitive and needlessly prolonged tale does build to an inspired final scene, but it's too little, too late.
- 40L.A. WeeklyErnest HardyL.A. WeeklyErnest HardyThis look at the assorted struggles of modern hetero coupledom gives off a distinctly moldy aroma.
- 20Village VoiceVillage VoiceThis would-be comedy about a thirtysomething family man (Attal) and his foray into infidelity is probably the worst in the putrid bushel of recent Gallic imports.