From Viewlondon:
"Jean-Pierre Bacri is excellent as Damien, whose business-related language abilities somehow always fail him when it comes to his personal life; he also has a nice line in comically bewildered dumbfoundedness. Kristin Scott Thomas is equally good as Iwa, though her subplot is disappointingly ignored by the script, since the story unfolds largely from Damian's point of view.To read all the interview click here
From Filmlist
"...the most involving performance here is that of Bacri, who excels in the role of the rumpled, procrastinating middle-aged man, eventually forced into decisive action. Bonitzer directs with a pleasingly light touch, and amidst all the playful references to classic Russian literature, Asiatic mores and Freudian theories, there’s a serious critique of how, in Sébastien’s words, “repugnant sectarianism” is undermining the capacity of French society to tolerate difference and cherish diversity amongst its citizens...To read all the interview click here
From Moviemail
"...That there is no obvious tonal disconnect is down to Bacri’s very skilled, unsparing depiction of a particular kind of gruff, shrugging Gaul: a lecturer who hasn’t paid the slightest bit of attention to the things that matter – whether his wife, his extended family’s needs, or the Asian time-management techniques he’s teaching – and who somehow comes to represent Western blinkeredness in the face of Eastern expansionism...."To read all the interview click here
From HeyUGuys:
"...With a sharp and witty screenplay, Looking for Hortense is a picture that manages to be unique of its own right, while faithfully abiding by the notions of the romantic comedy, staying within the boundaries and using conventionality to its advantage. In the meantime, it’s always pleasing to see elderly parents with important, plot affecting roles – something we see so often in French cinema, and would no doubt be gratefully received on a more consistent basis in Hollywood...." To read all the interview click here
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