Critic Reviews

• Dave Calhoun, Time Out

  The film sidesteps all complexities and leaves us with a closing shot that should come with a bucket.

• Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

  The film doesn't blaze adventurous new trails, but it dramatizes the stories of those underappreciated servants with an engaging mix of romance, droll humor and upstairs-downstairs social consciousness.

• Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

  A sweet yet occasionally heavy-handed comedy about class relations in 1962 Paris...

• Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

  [It] has drama, comedy, romance and class politics. It also introduces an element of ethnic prejudice to the mix.

• J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

  This agreeable French comedy wears its class consciousness on its sleeve but functions primarily as bourgeois light entertainment.

• Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

  "The Women on the 6th Floor" is a pleasant movie, even-tempered, a romantic fantasy.

• Graham Young, Birmingham Post

  Beautifully filmed, well acted and a topical reminder that success isn't about how much money you have, but how you live - and boil your eggs.

• Tara Brady, Irish Times

  The unreconstructed nature of the comedy ensures that the jokes and even the shots are awfully familiar.

• Karen Krizanovich, Radio Times

  Let's just say that this is not a film that will endear itself to a female audience.

• Paul Gallagher, The List

  Several stalwarts of European cinema retread familiar territory in this light-as-a-feather upstairs/downstairs comedy set in 1960s Paris.

• Jason Solomons, Observer [UK]

  Warm-hearted but silly French comedy, set in 1960 and starring the excellent Fabrice Luchini as a stockbroker in the stuffy world of the Parisian haute bourgeoisie.

• Tim Robey, Daily Telegraph

  The socio-economic moral is ladled on like great big dollops of paella.

• Allan Hunter, Daily Express

  Around the gentle tale of romance and longing there are some serious comments on class, politics, the legacy of the Spanish Civil War and European life in the era of Mad Men.

• Mike McCahill, Guardian [UK]

  Luchini almost rescues it from its own complacency, but the script is equal parts blocked toilets and soft-boiled eggs.

• Anton Bitel, Little White Lies

  Que pasa? Rien d'importance.

• Matthew Turner, ViewLondon

  Enjoyable, frequently funny French comedy with likeable characters and a strong central premise, though the script wobbles in the final act and the conclusion fails to convince.

• David Parkinson, Empire Magazine

  Enjoyably satirical and occasionally insightful, it's betrayed by some lazy stereotyping.

• David Michael Brown, Empire Magazine Australasia

  A frothy French fancy with a warm heart at it's core.

• Rebecca Barry, Flicks.co.nz

  What is an occasionally charming upstairs/downstairs comedy is overshadowed by one unintentionally creepy relationship.

• Keith Cohen, Entertainment Spectrum

  This delightful slice-of-life observation on class distinctions will make you feel good inside. Luchini carries the movie as the central character with physical mannerisms that have a comedic bent. Other strengths include...

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