Critic Reviews

• Sid Adilman, Toronto Star

  Attal pushes too hard to make this a comedy or serious drama. He seems to want both, but succeeds in making neither.

• Ray Conlogue, Globe and Mail

  I found it slow, predictable and not very amusing.

• Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle

  My Wife Is an Actress is an utterly charming French comedy that feels so American in sensibility and style it's virtually its own Hollywood remake.

• Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

  The film's as witty as any subtitled movie has a right to be.

• Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

  It's Othello Lite -- minus that bit at the end about murder-suicide, but with every ounce of Shakespeare's insane emotion.

• Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

  Little more than a frothy vanity project.

• Jason Gorber, Film Scouts

  Quirky French films like this can either work really well or be absolutely intolerable. Thankfully, this proves to be a very enjoyable comedy about jealousy.

• Dan Jardine, Apollo Guide

  Both Yvan Attal and Charlotte Gainsborough are thoroughly appealing, as their unblinking honesty and openness shines through even the film's silliest bits.

• Josef Braun, Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

  Attal's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and, dare I say, outdated, it's a wonder that he couldn't have brought something fresher to the proceedings simply by accident.

• Tim Merrill, Film Threat

  Never less than clever and often digs down into some uncomfortable realities about the strange lives of that odd species known as 'movie people.'

• Jason Anderson, eye WEEKLY

  God help the poor woman if Attal is this insecure in real life: his fictional Yvan's neuroses are aggravating enough to exhaust the patience of even the most understanding spouse.

• Christopher Smith, Bangor Daily News (Maine)

  "My Wife is an Actress" blends elements of fiction and reality, shakes them up and hopes for the best.

• Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

  It's the kind of movie that ends up festooning U.S. art house screens for no reason other than the fact that it's in French (well, mostly) with English subtitles and is magically 'significant' because of that.

• Liz Braun, Jam! Movies

  Starts off witty and sophisticated and you want to love it -- but filmmaker Yvan Attal quickly writes himself into a corner.

• Jeff Vice, Deseret News, Salt Lake City

  Not only is this material slight, it also seems ridiculously padded.

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