Stuart Klawans The Nation Sep 24, 2026

The work of an 87-year-old who has enjoyed a rich life making films, and has enriched the world immeasurably by making film history.

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Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) Aug 10, 2022

Wild Grass is more than a movie, it's an act of prestigitatation. [Full review in Spanish]

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Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 27, 2020 3.5/4.0

Dussollier and Azema are a joy.

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Adrian Martin Film Critic: Adrian Martin Jun 26, 2020

At the age of 88, former wunderkind Alain Resnais made his friskiest film in years with this astonishing comedy of unconscious desire.

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Ellie Lucas From the Front Row Aug 5, 2019 3.5/4

A feast for the senses, at once intoxicating and just uncomfortable enough to offer a bracing twist.

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Brian D. Johnson Maclean's Magazine Jul 24, 2019

With a vibrant colour scheme inspired by graphic novels, a silky jazz score, and a slip-sliding narrative that takes inspired turns, Wild Grass seems both reckless and immaculately controlled.

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Sarah Manvel Critic's Notebook Aug 9, 2018

There is plenty of whimsy, but none of it fresh or delightful.

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Jonathan Romney Sight & Sound Jul 30, 2018

It is all so glorious, and all so frustrating... Resnais fully finds here what he has sought since at least Life is a Bed of Roses in 1983: an unbearable lightness of being.

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Shelagh Rowan-Legg That Shelf May 19, 2018

A glorious mix of comedy and fantasy, Resnais is improving with age, creating characters that probably are a reflection of his view on the world, with his experience and charm.

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Derek Smith Tiny Mix Tapes Oct 11, 2015 3.5/5

Although Wild Grass doesn't reach the heights of Resnais' earliest works, it provides ample evidence that the director can still produce vibrant and thrilling work and hopefully will continue to do so through his 90s as well.

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Dave White Movies.com Apr 4, 2011 4.5/5

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Mar 2, 2011 C

A confounding psychodrama that made me laugh in the scenes that were meant to be serious and remain mute in the scenes that were meant to be amusing.

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Jeffrey Chen ReelTalk Movie Reviews Feb 24, 2011 7/10

Resnais is having fun here, possibly at the expense of audiences who demand tradition.

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Rene Rodriguez Miami Herald Jan 31, 2011 3/4

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Sean Axmaker Seanax.com Nov 4, 2010

... a delightful reminder of the romantic streak and cinematic whimsy still in this 88-year-old cinema elder.

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Sean P. Means Salt Lake Tribune Oct 8, 2010 3/4

Director Alain Resnais’ roundabout romance about missed connections and misplaced intentions is gorgeous to watch but difficult to track.

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Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Sep 26, 2010 85/100

I recognize the Resnais I love in this movie, poking through here and there, a fumble-fingered god experimenting with his creation: a wobbly, lopsided world warmed by its maker's affection.

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Christopher Lloyd Sarasota Herald-Tribune Sep 22, 2010 2/5

Wild Grass is about the randomness of life, and how the meaning behind arbitrary events is incomprehensible and opaque. This also describes what the experience of watching the film is like.

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Jonathan F. Richards Film.com Sep 21, 2010

Alain Resnais keeps sprouting marvelous artistic herbage at an age when most of his contemporaries are pushing up grass from a different perspective.

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Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Aug 20, 2010 2.5/5

Resnais' funky, frothy bonbon of a film is nevertheless a breathtaking sight to see.

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