SummaryThe French Dispatch brings to life a collection of stories from the final issue of an American magazine published in a fictional 20th-century French city.
Directed By:Wes Anderson
Written By:Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, Hugo Guinness, Jason Schwartzman
The French Dispatch
Metascore
Generally Favorable
75
User score
Generally Favorable
7.1
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
75
79% Positive
45 Reviews
45 Reviews
19% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
2% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Nov 3, 2021
100
The French Dispatch feels like a confident and even vulnerable exploration of Anderson’s own psyche; it’s his best film in at least a decade.
Jul 12, 2021
91
A work of such unparalleled Andersonian wit, that at times the sheer level of detail – mobile, static, graphic and typographic – that bedecked the screen was enough to make your correspondent’s jaw slacken. Which meant curtains for the carpet as I was smoking a cigarillo.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.1
72% Positive
197 Ratings
197 Ratings
21% Mixed
58 Ratings
58 Ratings
7% Negative
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
May 16, 2022
10
The film amazes with its picture, it's amazing. It can be compared to a picture that came to life as if in Harry Potter. The spirit and atmosphere of France are perfectly conveyed, and if we talk about music, it fits harmoniously into the overall picture. This movie is author's, not for everyone. Not very smart people won't understand.
Jan 11, 2022
10
As for Me, every work of Wes Anderson is like a skillful study, filigree complementing something more that we still have to learn from the narrator. Mr. Anderson, once again picking up a brush, paints and complementing the seemingly finished canvas "Author's Style" with another wonderful sketch. This film is distinguished by skillfully intertwined techniques and elements from the previously beloved works of Wes Anderson, whether it be deliberately emphasizing that in the future we will meet more than once with his enchanting colors and styles, new sketches of the artist introducing himself to us on the way to his “Magnum Opus”– As a talented Director - the painting“ Self-portrait ”framed by galaxy from his original works & authorship that rightfully deserve their rightful place in the history of modern cinema at the end.
Oct 18, 2021
88
The French Dispatch is an elegant ode to good writing, and to those who quietly stand behind the words.
Jul 13, 2021
80
The movie is a gas. It moves with, well, dispatch, clattering along in its own eccentric way.
Jul 12, 2021
75
Wes Anderson’s film is an often fascinating, wondrous exercise in complex narration and visual composition.
Oct 22, 2021
60
The French Dispatch is high Andersonia, an elaborate movie contraption with a million tiny parts moving in concert, and depending on your threshold, it might all just be too much.
Oct 18, 2021
25
The artistic signature is unmistakable — 30 seconds in, you’d know you were watching a Wes Anderson movie. But Anderson’s human connection seems to have short-circuited, so that his irony now bypasses the world and becomes an ironic contemplation of his own work. This is a dead-end, and it’s just not interesting.
Dec 15, 2021
10
What can I say? I'm a Wes Anderson fan and have been since I saw Rushmore. This is full-bore Wes Anderson. It's everything I love about his movies with everyone I love in it, and more! Add to it, I'm a fan of the New Yorker, and this is the best of the New Yorker and those who love it. It's a winner and I was not disappointed.
Jan 26, 2022
6
The French Dispatch is Wes Anderson's most controversial film. This is the most difficult film from him in perception, here is the most stellar cast, several different stories and games with a chromokey. But in the first The French Dispatch is the director's most personal film and the most boring and passing film. In the second of several stories, holistic only about Benicio del Toro, in the third the film is dedicated to the real newspaper The New Yorker, if you have not read it - the film for you will be a passing one. The film clearly pays tribute to journalism. For the non-Western public, The French Dispatch will be a passing, he will bribe the cast, but disappoint the viewer by the result.
Dec 13, 2021
6
Slightly disappointing. A typically solid performance by an ensemble cast and Wes Anderson’s trademark style kept my interest but it never quite reaches the sum of its parts. It does stand as a nice tribute to journalism and the power of storytelling, though I felt the stories presented could use something more.
Apr 19, 2025
3
Although visually appealing, The French Dispatch is an unnecessarily chaotic and complex piece of pretentious garbage.
Jan 6, 2023
3
Boring, boring, boring.... The usually style of the director.... Wasted money
Production Company:
- American Empirical Pictures
- Indian Paintbrush
- Studio Babelsberg
- TSG Entertainment
Release Date:Oct 22, 2021
Duration:1 h 47 m
Rating:R
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
North Dakota Film Society
• 1 Win & 7 Nominations
Portland Critics Association Awards
• 3 Wins & 6 Nominations
