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25 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83The Film StageJordan RuimyThe Film StageJordan RuimyOne of the sexiest and most joyful road movies in some time.
- 70Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganThere are touching moments...that could only have come from real life, and the film is all the better for them.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyAs it is for the two characters for two days, it’s an escape from real life, from anything consequential, a chance to delight in the pleasures that humans can take from what grows in the earth and from an amiable companion’s company.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattEntertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattAn airy, half-baked meringue of a movie, Paris Can Wait is the kind of film that leaves you famished — not just for la belle vie on screen but for the stronger sustenance of plot and character.
- 50Slant MagazineSam C. MacSlant MagazineSam C. MacThe film leaves the lasting impression of a story that takes place in its own elitist and hermetically sealed world.
- 40Village VoiceApril WolfeVillage VoiceApril WolfeImagine The Trip meets Lost in Translation (Coppola’s daughter Sophia’s debut), but with stale dialogue and neither much romance nor comedy
- 33The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerThe A.V. ClubJesse HassengerAs the movie pulls over to look at museum fabrics in vain search of a groove, it turns the audience into its impatient child, threatening to start kicking the back of the car seat any minute now.
- 30VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeThe trouble with Paris Can Wait — apart from the sheer agony of being trapped with two insufferable characters as they sample gorgeously photographed food and wine that we can’t taste — is the way the movie seems so willing to let its leading lady be defined by her husband’s job.
- 30The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisBy the time the final meal is devoured, you’ll be wanting nothing so much as an antacid.