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26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Slant MagazineSlant MagazineFor Carl Dreyer, to film a miracle took a single shot; for Bruno Dumont, a whole film. In Le Havre, Aki Kaurismäki needs four shots to capture his - and what an ordinary event it is!
- 80VarietyLeslie FelperinVarietyLeslie FelperinMixing together some of helmer Aki Kaurismaki's favorite Gallic and Finnish thesps with a few newbies, Le Havre feels like a welcoming family reunion.
- 80Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanLe Havre is utopian precisely because it shows everything as it is not.
- 80Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternLe Havre stands on its own fragile but considerable merits.
- 80The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottA stylized and sentimental fairy tale about the way the world might be, grounded in a frank recognition of the way it is.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoLe Havre is warm-hearted and uplifting, without being schmaltzy or preachy. And, with its illegal-alien theme, it's dead-on timely.
- 67The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasKaurismäki has a narrow vision, disarming and sweet, yet utterly predictable, and there's little distinction between the films he's directing today and the films he directed 30 years ago. They have the wrong kind of timelessness.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfThis is textbook Kaurismäki, neither fresh nor unwelcome.
- 60New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNo one looks at the world quite like Kaurismäki, and his deadpan sentimentality is worth discovery. This is a good place to start.