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- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertPretty much required viewing.
- 75TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineIn this celebratory documentary, Agnes Varda, the wife of Jacques Demy, brings some of the players and extras together back in Rochefort for some reminiscences. In keeping with the thoroughly romantic nature of the musical, she also tells the story of how Les Demoiselles de Rochefort's extras found romance and had their lives changed by participating in its making.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasAbove all, The 'Young Girls' Turn 25 is an homage by Varda to Demy, a loving and luminous companion film to Varda's Jacquot de Nante. [12 Jun 1997, p.F11]
- 70The GuardianJonathan RomneyThe GuardianJonathan RomneyBest of all, though, the film is a reminder of how deliriously odd Les Demoiselles was, with its MGM-style dance routines, kitschy pastels, and Gene Kelly as honoured guest hoofer. [21 May 1993, p.4]