72
Metascore
Generally Favorable
positive
23(82%)
mixed
4(14%)
negative
1(4%)
Showing 28 Critic Reviews
100
Hilarious, near-flawless.
100
Neither a "gay" movie nor a straight one; it is simply a funny one.
91
Cagey, high gloss comedy.
90
Wins you over with its devastating simplicity.
90
The French originals are always much breezier, the characters more genuine and the actors subtler even if the situations are just as silly.
88
The movie's steady good humor and respect for character is pleasing - even energizing.
83
It is aided both by fine performances by Auteuil, Aumont and Depardieu and by wonderful pacing.
80
Veber's giddy social comedy The Closet finds more delicious, chortling fun in the spectacle of obsequious hypocrisy than any movie I've seen in ages.
80
Funny? This one is. It's also sweet and thoughtful.
80
More sweet than savage, this amiable farce creates laughs with old-pro efficiency.
