Not since Lukas Moodysson's "Together" has communal living been depicted with such warmth and feeling for the entire ensemble.
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Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Best of all, L'Auberge Espagnol uses Barcelona as a veritable character, a picturesque, vivacious place where, as one character puts it, ''No one eats before 10 p.m."
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Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The movie is as light and frothy as a French comedy, which is what it is, a reminder that Cedric Klapisch also directed "When the Cat's Away" (1996).
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L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
The characters are well-observed and mercifully unrepresentative of their home countries. (Kevin Bishop is laugh-out-loud funny as a clueless British visitor who shows up to offend more than one national sensibility.)
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The New RepublicStanley Kauffmann
The New RepublicStanley Kauffmann
The pace is fairly hectic, which it needs to be. (Mustn't linger on bubbles.) The performances are warm, especially the tender Judith Godrèche as the doctor's wife.
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New York PostLou Lumenick
New York PostLou Lumenick
At times, writer-director Cedric Klapsich seems to be trying to copy the frestyle of "Amelie," but L'Auberge achieves only a fraction of its charm.
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Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
A dodgy, hit-or-miss affair that never quiet seems to gel: too many lumpy bits, and not enough crème.
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Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Movies can certainly be worse than bad sitcoms, and this is one of them.