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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumGenre-hoppers like Steven Soderbergh ought to love this neat triple doozy. [Note: From a review of the entire trilogy.]
- 80The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneWhat we glean from Belvaux’s trilogy is the reassurance (rare on film, with its terror of inattention) that people are both important and unimportant, and that heroes and leading ladies, in life as in art, can fade into extras before our eyes. [Note: From a review of the entire trilogy.] [2 February 2004, p. 94]
- 80Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonAt its most contemplative, The Trilogy is a stirring and shrewd portrait of lives lived in oblivious parallel. [Note: From a review of the entire trilogy.]
- 70VarietyDavid StrattonVarietyDavid StrattonThe briefest of the three pics, it's also the least successful, suggesting that this kind of character-driven comedy isn't the genre with which Belvaux is most comfortable. Still, there are delightful sequences and ideas and the film carries a great deal more substance and resonance when placed alongside the other two in the series.
- 60The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensSome of the scenes are like mislaid puzzle pieces, and they snap into place only when all three movies have been seen and absorbed. This makes watching any one of the episodes both more interesting and more frustrating than it might otherwise be, since a portion of dramatic satisfaction is always withheld.
- 50New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsGiven the grim events, the buoyantly goofy An Amazing Couple has the effect of laughing gas pumped through the vents in a funeral hall.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe mixture of humor, suspense, and ominous undertones is effective but rarely inspired.
- 50New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanThis second installment of Lucas Belvaux's acclaimed "Trilogy" is decidedly inferior to the first: a farce that simply isn't funny.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterThe romantic comedy, is the weakest of the trio. It stands as something of an interlude, detailing the paranoid obsessions of Cecile and her husband.