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Directed by
James Ivory Written by
Diane Johnson, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Cast
Kate Hudson, Jean-Marie Lhomme, Naomi Watts, Esmée Buchet-Deàk, Jean-Jacques Pivert [more]
Release Date
• USA: Aug 8, 2003
• UK: 19 Sep 2003
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jan 27, 2004
• R2: 27 Jan 2004
Official Website:
Divorce, Le Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements and sexual content.
Running Time
1 hour, 57 minutes
Country France, USA
Studio Interscope Communications, Merchant Ivory Productions, Radar Pictures
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• Le Divorce
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Divorce, Le Reviews |
Le Divorce moves at a frantic enough pace to keep most viewers interested, if not entirely engaged. Although all of the "action" occurs in the final act, there's plenty going on throughout the entire film. If Ivory had enabled the viewers to really care about one (or more) of the characters, the proceedings would have been more meaningful. [read review] 
--James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
Though there's the odd cute moment, and after the initial rushed introductions you start to care about the characters, the film lurches from clunky comedy to melodrama and back. Worse, it feels both overstuffed and brutally cut down to a two-hour length. [read review]
--Jonathan Foreman (New York Post)
"Le Divorce" doesn't work on its intended level, because we don't care enough about the interactions of the enormous cast. But it works in another way, as a sophisticated and knowledgeable portrait of values in collision. [read review] 
--Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
The problem may be that Ivory, an American who has frequented Paris for half a century, treats the city as the film's main character, to some degree. He certainly highlights its beauty and character. [read review]
--Ron Weiskind (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Ivory's movie - which veers erratically between sugar-coated romance, broad farce, and risible melodrama - is too wrapped up in its convoluted plot to provide anything more than trifling insights. [read review] 
--Neil Smith (BBC Films)
As it is, ''Le Divorce'' is tasteful, but almost entirely without flavor. It is tough work to sit through a comedy made by filmmakers with so little sense of timing and no evident sense of humor. [read review]
--A.O. Scott (The New York Times)
A polished piece of film-making, and a welcome antidote to the less subtle portrayals of the Franco-American relations found currently in the world media. A bit inconsequential, though... [read review] 7/10
--Anton Bitel (Movie Gazette)
Another eloquent character-driven story from Merchant Ivory, this comedy of manners rests on the inherent differences in social rules and values between French and American cultures. [read review] 8/10
--Avril Carruthers (Movie-Vault.com)
"Le Divorce" is hectic and it shortchanges several characters, but Ivory's direction is so polished and smooth and full of smart observations that I never found my attention lagging. [read review]
--Edward Guthmann (San Francisco Chronicle)
"Le Divorce" is hectic and it shortchanges several characters, but Ivory's direction is so polished and smooth and full of smart observations that I never found my attention lagging. [read review]
--Edward Guthmann (San Francisco Chronicle)
It seems on the face of things like a demure comedy of manners. But the boorish jokes about clueless Americans and ridiculous Frenchies are presented without finesse or point. [read review] 
--Jami Bernard (New York Daily News)
And while the movie does occasionally suffer from an overstuffed plot, there's no denying that Le Divorce is consistently entertaining. [read review]
--David Nusair (Reel Film Reviews)
Nice-looking but extremely messy film, populated with irritating characters and brimming with infuriating dialogue. Le disastre. [read review] 
--Matthew Turner (ViewLondon)
Le Divorce has a fluid, happy grace to it that few filmmakers would be capable of pulling off. [read review] 
--Chris Barsanti (FilmCritic.com)
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