My Worst Nightmare

My Worst Nightmare (2012)

  • 64% of critics liked it
    (11 reviews)

  • 26% of users liked it
    (550 ratings)

She lives with her son and her husband in a well-to-do apartment opposite the chic Luxembourg gardens... He lives alone with his son in the back of a van. She is the director of a prestigious contemporary art foundation... He lives off odd jobs and social security benefits. She graduated after 7… More

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Unrated,
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Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Oct 19, 2012 Limited
Strand Releasing

Critic Reviews

  • J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

    Isabelle Huppert may be approaching self-parody as an icon of Gallic frigidity, yet the talented writer-director Anne Fontaine puts that to excellent use in this broad, obvious, but consistently funny bedroom farce.

  • Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

    "My Worst Nightmare," though predictable, moves along nicely enough for most of its 99 minutes, thanks to an offbeat chemistry between Huppert (who's very good at looking appalled) and the very relaxed Poelvoorde.

  • Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

    [Huppert] can't get laughs where there are none, and she can't buy a laugh in the movie's second half.

  • Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

    "My Worst Nightmare" isn't great, but it isn't apologizing for anything, either. Plus, I laughed out loud at least three times.

  • Kyle Smith, New York Post

    No one loves a broad comedy like the French, but Gallic touches of restraint tend to keep such light entertainment pleasing rather than blundering.

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  • Mike S


    Blunt welfare case meets Parisian upper class. Sound familiar? <i>My Worst Nightmare</i>, at first glance, appears like plagiarism of the international smash hit <i>The Intouchables</i>. A true enough thing to deduce, if it didn't in fact see its first… More

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