76
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranBecause Bay of Angels reveals rather than moralizes, because its concerns are character and psychology, it's a potent showcase for Moreau's gifts.
- 80Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonMost of all, it's an early chapter of Demy's courtship with the provincial France of his youth, with the most bewitching generation of French actresses, and with movies.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannGreat pleasures.
- 75New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanSeen through Demy's eyes (and Raoul Coutard's shimmering black-and-white photography), their extravagance is so effortlessly cool, you feel somehow lucky just to be there with them.
- 70New Times (L.A.)Jean OppenheimerNew Times (L.A.)Jean OppenheimerDemy's films are often described in terms of music; this one is more like a tango in which one person leads and refuses to forfeit the position.
- 50TV Guide MagazineFrank LoveceTV Guide MagazineFrank LoveceThe title of the film is most unfortunate because it gives no indication of the film's stark theme. Moreau is good as the disenchanted woman, but Mann is less effective.