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27 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Film ThreatJames WeggFilm ThreatJames WeggMore a celebration of movement and music than a parable for our over-communicative, friend-lite, acquaintance-rich society.
- 70VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerWell-turned adult comedy.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceLight, airy, and sweet, Patrice Leconte's latest comedy swings his favorite premise--fruitful encounters between opposites--away from romance and into the wistful hunger for friendship in a careerist world.
- 70SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirTerrifically acted, reassuringly formulaic, and moderately amusing.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranToo serious to be an out-and-out comedy, too funny not to be one, My Best Friend is a lot easier to enjoy than to classify.
- 63New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsMildly entertaining trifle.
- 63New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickFormulaic but entertaining, My Best Friend climaxes with a lengthy, surprisingly heartfelt sequence set on the French version of "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire."
- 60New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinThe prolific Patrice Leconte takes a break from mythic, life-and-death scenarios with My Best Friend, a sitcom that threatens to take a rockier emotional path before swerving back into the comfy zone. It’s better when it’s threatening, but Leconte knows his audience.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttNot a bad film and veteran star Daniel Auteuil makes any film he inhabits an interesting place to visit. Perversely, its tissue-thin substance may even make the comedy more commercial in North America than such films of his as "Monsieur Hire" and "Ridicule."
- 58Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerPatrice Leconte has directed excellent serious films such as "Monsieur Hire" and "Man on the Train," but when it comes to humor he loses his bearings. His latest attempt at seriocomedy, My Best Friend, is a premise in search of a film.