The success of Stephen Frears’ film Chéri begins with its casting. Michelle Pfeiffer, as Lea de Lonval, is still a great beauty.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
Pfeiffer transcends any hint of cliché ''cougar'' voraciousness.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
A respectable and satisfying historical romantic melodrama.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
With Pfeiffer, 50, radiating uncommon beauty, grace and feeling, Frears uncovers a fragile story's grieving heart.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Ty Burr
What makes Cheri’ worth your while is that its true subjects are women and age, and its observations apply to both 19th-century France and the modern film industry.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
Michelle Pfeiffer is back, and her reappearance in Cheri, her best role in quite some time, underlines not only how much she's been missed but also how much the world of film has lost by her absence.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
What is lacking in this version, with its hasty third act and abrupt denouement, is the surprise that their union may be the deepest love either will ever know.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
Cheri, like the character, is an entertaining bauble without much on its mind.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: John Anderson
Cheri looks terrific, if a bit gauzy at times, and Frears, who directed Pfeiffer in that other Frenchified frolic, "Dangerous Liaisons," is never at rest. Still, the movie bogs down by going nowhere other than inside its characters, who are intensely passionate but of an era more curious than emotionally relevant.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Stephanie Zacharek
Chéri is a perfect example of a movie that gets many of the details right and the vibe all wrong.Read Full Review »
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