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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumWriter-director Gérald Hustache-Mathieu sustains a fresh voice influenced by the Coen brothers and the infernal snow of "Fargo."
- 75Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrA playful French meta-mystery that's occasionally too proud of its own cleverness.
- There's a hint of 'Twin Peaks' and a large helping of the Coen Bros. in this offbeat, cleverly crafted French thriller.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenIf Nobody Else but You is smart and entertaining, it is a little too clever for its own good.
- 70NPRMark JenkinsNPRMark JenkinsNot even the presence of a goth-chick hotel clerk could turn Nobody Else But You into "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo." The movie may teeter on the edge of Switzerland, but its playful sensibility is entirely French.
- Nobody Else But You has a great deal going for it, not the least of which is Rouve, who takes the novelist's obsessiveness, depression and general boorishness and turns it all into the source of his appeal.
- 50Slant MagazineJesse CataldoSlant MagazineJesse CataldoWhile Nobody Else But You aspires to a kind of French Fargo, it forgets the primary qualities that made that film work.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleNobody Else But You takes a novel concept and a willing leading lady and squanders both through drab, lifeless storytelling.
- 40Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearFilmmaker Gérald Hustache-Mathieu has fun recasting Monroevian moments and setting up parallels between the fromage-hawking hottie and the late silver-screen sex symbol - bring on the Miller, DiMaggio and JFK avatars.