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THE WOMEN ON THE 6TH FLOOR (LES FEMMES DU 6EME ETAGE)Movie Reviews
French and Spanish language comedy about a stuffy French businessman who befriends a group of sassy Spanish maids living in his apartment building in the 1960s. Cast:Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain, Natalia Verbeke, Carmen Maura, Lola Duenas, Berta Ojea, Nuria Sole, Concha Galan, Michele GleizerDirector:Philippe Le GuayRelease Date:October 7, 2011DVD Release:March 13, 2012From:Strand ReleasingLength:1 hr 46 min
MARCH 13, 2012
The Women on the 6th Floor (Les femmes du 6eme etage), Good (Not Great) Reviews Key Cities
The Women on the 6th Floor (Les femmes du 6eme etage) played in key cities to good not great reviews. • Colin Covert wrote in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, "...a well-crafted, charming French variant on 'The Help'.... doesn't blaze adventurous new trails, but it dramatizes the stories of those underappreciated servants..." • And Ty Burr called the film in the Boston Globe, "...delicate and sensitive and utter bollocks..." More Reviews Below...
The Women on the 6th Floor (Les femmes du 6eme etage) Positive Reviews (28 Reviews, reviews below)
Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: VERY GOOD(cg) "It works because Fabrice Luchini makes a sympathetic hero, Sandrine Kiberlain makes a bewildered wife, Natalia Verbeke as Maria is warm and friendly..."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 600 words, 11/11/11
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (11 Reviews)
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...unfolds in a recognizable if somewhat antiqued Paris... Lighter than a meringue and as insubstantial... designed for the gentle laughter it easily earns."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 705 words, 10/07/11
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: WEAK(cg) "...there's an uncomfortably self-satisfied air lingering around this tale of a wealthy, middle-aged man who finds himself through a gorgeous, and grateful, young woman."(See all of Elizabeth Weitzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 173 words, 10/07/11
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "The French have a knack for it. They've been making funny and agreeable movie farces for forever, and seeing this makes you hope they'll never stop."(See all of Kenneth Turan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 620 words, 10/07/11
V.A. Musetto, New York Post: MODERATE(cg) "...has a few things going for it -- a winning performance by Fabrice Luchini and a small role by Pedro Almodóvar favorite Carmen Maura."(See all of V.A. Musetto's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 329 words, 10/07/11
Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: POOR(cg) "...perhaps it's time we stopped broad-brushing the French as enlightened intellectuals. They're also capable of producing blinkered, backward-looking comedies like this..."(See all of Rafer Guzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 301 words, 10/07/11
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "It works because Fabrice Luchini makes a sympathetic hero, Sandrine Kiberlain makes a bewildered wife, Natalia Verbeke as Maria is warm and friendly..."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 600 words, 11/11/11
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: VERY GOOD(cg) "...like salty jamón on crusty French baguette, 'The Women on the 6th Floor' is a simple enjoyment that blends two cultures in a delicious little dish."(See all of Linda Barnard's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 510 words, 10/21/11
Liam Lacey, Toronto Globe & Mail: MODERATE(cg) "...another social comedy about a stuffy, middle-class protagonist awakening to the oppression of the poor, along with their home-cooking, spontaneity and zest for life."(See all of Liam Lacey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 706 words, 10/21/11
Susan G. Cole, Toronto Now: WEAK(cg) "I can live with the head of the household being hot for the maid... But why make her half his age, especially when the other five women on the 6th floor are more his vintage?"(See all of Susan G. Cole's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 212 words, 10/20/11
KEY CITIES (9 Reviews)
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...about two individuals from different rungs of the social ladder... it's also, to a poignant and tantalizing degree, about how that gap can never entirely be bridged."(See all of Michael O'Sullivan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 489 words, 11/11/11
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: VERY GOOD(cg) "...a well-crafted, charming French variant on 'The Help'.... doesn't blaze adventurous new trails, but it dramatizes the stories of those underappreciated servants..."(See all of Colin Covert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 345 words, 12/02/11
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: POOR(cg) "...delicate and sensitive and utter bollocks - a bourgeois wet dream made to soothe the souls and stir the loins of powerful men in midlife crisis."(See all of Ty Burr's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 438 words, 10/14/11
Stephen Whitty, New Jersey Star-Ledger: VERY GOOD(cg) "...nothing more than a slight comedy, with a few smiles and some nice shots of French households and Spanish cuisine... But its stars give it a great deal of charm."(See all of Stephen Whitty's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 420 words, 10/07/11
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: VERY GOOD(cg) "...period detail grounds the film and gives us an interesting look into class as it existed in France some 45 years ago."(See all of Mick LaSalle's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 329 words, 10/21/11
Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "A sweet yet occasionally heavy-handed comedy about class relations in 1962 Paris... it's about the joy and importance of having a room, however simple, of one's own."(See all of Moira Macdonald's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 215 words, 11/25/11
Jamie S. Rich, Portland Oregonian: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...has the Parisian bourgeois equivalent of what Americans call 'white liberal guilt'.... It's effective pap, if a bit too fizzy. Think 'The Help' with European accents."(See all of Jamie S. Rich's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 61 words, 04/19/13
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: VERY GOOD(cg) "...the light touch of director Phillipe le Guay and the warm chemistry between Fabrice Luchini and Natalia Verbeke give it a gleam that belies its counterfeit origins."(See all of Joe Williams's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 330 words, 11/04/11
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: MODERATE(cg) "Director Philippe Le Guay, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Jerome Tonnerre, asks you to swallow an awful lot of guff in order to buy into the film's central premise."(See all of Rene Rodriguez's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 341 words, 11/04/11
Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix: MODERATE(cg) "...offers easygoing political correctness, staid platitudes, saucy comedy, and a romance between a middle-aged bourgeois and a life-affirming babe 30 years his junior."(See all of Peter Keough's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 143 words, 06/28/11
Alison Willmore, AV Club: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...never confronts the uncomfortable power dynamics underlying its arc... never digs deeper than its broad generalizations about being poor but happy vs. rich but soulless."(See all of Alison Willmore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 409 words, 10/06/11
Susan G. Cole, Toronto Now: WEAK(cg) "I can live with the head of the household being hot for the maid... But why make her half his age, especially when the other five women on the 6th floor are more his vintage?"(See all of Susan G. Cole's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 212 words, 10/20/11
HIGHBROW PRESS (4 Reviews)
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "In some ways the movie is too French to travel well. At this distance -- not just from France but from the France of the '60s -- the film's social criticism seems quaint..."(See all of Joe Morgenstern's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 262 words, 10/07/11
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...unfolds in a recognizable if somewhat antiqued Paris... Lighter than a meringue and as insubstantial... designed for the gentle laughter it easily earns."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 705 words, 10/07/11
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "The French have a knack for it. They've been making funny and agreeable movie farces for forever, and seeing this makes you hope they'll never stop."(See all of Kenneth Turan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 620 words, 10/07/11
MOVIE INDUSTRY (6 Reviews)
Boyd Van Hoeij, Daily Variety: GOOD "Breezy... a '60s-set tale of an uptight, unhappily married Paris stockbroker, who rediscovers his joie de vivre after he gets to know the raucous Spanish maids who live upstairs..."(See all of Boyd Van Hoeij's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 682 words, 02/15/11
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...a sentimental Gallic version of 'Upstairs, Downstairs'... built for laughs so any historical or sociopolitical observations are purely incidental."(See all of Kirk Honeycutt's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 738 words, 04/12/11
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "The French have a knack for it. They've been making funny and agreeable movie farces for forever, and seeing this makes you hope they'll never stop."(See all of Kenneth Turan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 620 words, 10/07/11
Michael T. Dennis, Cinema 24/7: VERY GOOD(cg) "It would be easy to label this a comedy of manners... Instead it's about a character confronting his own humanity, and realizing how close he has come to losing it."(See all of Michael T. Dennis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 760 words, 09/23/11
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...unfolds in a recognizable if somewhat antiqued Paris... Lighter than a meringue and as insubstantial... designed for the gentle laughter it easily earns."(See all of Manohla Dargis's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 705 words, 10/07/11
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "In some ways the movie is too French to travel well. At this distance -- not just from France but from the France of the '60s -- the film's social criticism seems quaint..."(See all of Joe Morgenstern's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 262 words, 10/07/11
19.0 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
The Women on the 6th Floor (Les femmes du 6eme etage)'s reviews are separated by an average 19.0 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
The Women on the 6th Floor (Les femmes du 6eme etage) (28 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:The Women on the 6th Floor (Les femmes du 6eme etage)'s reviews cover 30.3% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 11,504 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 411 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
The Women on the 6th Floor (Les femmes du 6eme etage) Coverage, Volume & Length (28 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 9 Days After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
The Women on the 6th Floor (Les femmes du 6eme etage)'s reviews on average broke 9 days after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is The Women on the 6th Floor (Les femmes du 6eme etage)'s opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
The Women on the 6th Floor (Les femmes du 6eme etage) (28 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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