To help you make your choices, here are the films of the week with the highest ratings by the press on AlloCiné!*
THE 3 BEST FILMS ACCORDING TO THE PRESS:
1st: Tchaikovsky’s Wife – 3.9/5
“Several dreamlike sequences of funereal and toxic beauty complete this Woman by Tchaikovsky, in competition at Cannes 2022, a vertiginous, powerful and ambiguous melodramatic work.” By Christophe Caron (The Voice of the North)
“In line with his more narrative and less frantic Petrov Fever (2021), Serebrennikov signs a film that is both dark and luminous, focused on the loss of his incandescent, cursed heroine.” By Alexis Campion (Le Journal du Dimanche)
2nd: The novelist, the film and the happy – 3.8/5
“If La Romancière… ends in this deserted hall at the end of a screening, it is perhaps because, more than any other, this opus tells less than it traces a possible space, like an augur , the square in which a film is imagined to be made.” By Charlotte Garson (Cahiers du Cinéma)
“More than an exercise in style, the film is part of a daring, destabilizing, but always fascinating process… which Eric Rohmer would not have denied. Above all, Hong Sang-soo demonstrates once again that he has few or no equivalents.” By François Verstraete (Widescreen)
3rd ex aequo: The Sandman – 3.5/5
“In his first film, Steve Achiepo depicts the sinister activities of slumlords and their dramatic consequences. An intense social thriller.” By Olivier De Bruyn (Les Echos)
“A breathtaking and, alas, relevant social thriller, which signals the birth of a great filmmaker.” By Olivier De Bruyn
3rd ex aequo: The Astronaut– 3.5/5
“Moved to directing, the actor sends a Frenchman to the stars with L’Astronaute. And summons a line-up of great actors in this great adventure.” By Olivier Delcroix (Le Figaro)
“The technique dries up the romantic momentum of the adventure, which would have transported more if it had been anchored more solidly to space, in the superior and light air of the dream of flying above the Earth.” By Nathalie Chifflet (Latest News from Alsace)
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is ninth in the top press with an average rating of 2.4/5.
THE 3 BEST FILMS ACCORDING TO VIEWERS:
1st: The Great Circus – 4/5
“Family and dramatic comedy, which highlights the lives of children and caregivers in hospitals. Touching, poignant… Magnificent.” By Thierry Oden
“Excellent film! Laughter, tears, a great sharing of emotions. Thanks to Mr. Bouder for this good moment.” By Michel Savat
2nd: The Astronaut – 3.9/5
“The Astronaut is a film that I found excellent. The story is fascinating and captivating. The characters are endearing, the actors are top notch, the end of the film is quite moving and the last images are very beautiful.” By The D.
“Real beautiful story, which takes us without seeming to. We are with them, crazy like them, and happy to be. To see!” By Dorothee Martin
3rd: Tchaikovsky’s Wife – 3.8/5
“After the very successful Leto and Petrov’s Fever, Serebrennikov confirms that he is one of the best visual artists in cinema today, again offering quite astounding images and directing moments.” By NaughtyDog
“We do not always find the expected emotion, but some magnificent scenes burst the screen, in the midst of the unbreathable perfumes of insanity, mad love.” By Pierre Mrdj
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is ninth in the top viewers with an average rating of 2.6/5.
Find our ranking of the best films of the year 2022
* According to the ratings of the AlloCiné barometer, as of Friday February 17, 2023, for films released in theaters on February 15 with at least 10 reviews for the top press and 50 ratings for the top viewers. These two tops do not include films already released once or several times in France.