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Anthology films usually work better in theory than execution, but this feature parade of shorts is a blithe, worldly, and enchanting exception.
91
Even if you don't like the stories, the filmmakers seem incapable of finding a corner of Paris that is not photogenic.
88
The masterpiece of the bunch is the last, wonderful piece by Alexander Payne ("14eme Arrondissement").
83
The best episodes have the emotional resonance of full-length features, and yet I didn't want them to be a moment longer than they are.
80
Love is here in all of its many guises, brought together with a touch of subtitled sophistication.
80
Splendid.
78
Eighteen short films by an international who's-who of filmmakers make up this omnibus celebrating the joys and sorrows of love and Paris, organized by neighborhood.
75
As is always the case with compilation films, some segments are far better than others. But they're all so brief that the least of them passes quickly and the best are small miracles of economical storytelling.
75
Bittersweet, funny, sad and invariably romantic.
75
The stories run a gamut of emotions: melancholy, bittersweet, provocative, witty, poignant, silly and fanciful.
