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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83The A.V. ClubNick SchagerThe A.V. ClubNick SchagerFor the most part, writer-director Sophie Fillières’ If You Don’t, I Will strikes an engaging tone of melancholic humor through its portrait of a French marriage slowly falling to pieces.
- 80VarietyGuy LodgeVarietyGuy LodgeDistinguished by exquisite performances from Emmanuelle Devos and Mathieu Amalric as a bourgeois couple unsure when to call time on their marriage, the pic initially follows the dry, droll template set by so many tasteful French relationship dramedies, before venturing into less comforting emotional territory for its final act.
- 75RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzRogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzMuch of the film's appeal lies in watching the two lead actors enact subtle, honest moments of observed behavior.
- 75Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattEntertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattA quiet, intermittently poignant portrait of two people who've lost each other and aren't sure they want to find their way back.
- 70The DissolveMike D'AngeloThe DissolveMike D'AngeloIt’s a magnificently acrid showcase for two idiosyncratic actors who seem uncannily in tune with each other, even as their characters are out of sync.
- 70Village VoiceZachary WigonVillage VoiceZachary WigonWhile you may be left craving more emotional fireworks than you get, Fillières's intelligent film is accomplished in its portrayal of a marriage in crisis, the union's last gasps rife with poignant exchanges.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenIf You Don’t, I Will is a dour, acutely observed comedy about marital boredom that doesn’t glamorize or overdramatize the characters’ angst. Its lived-in performances evoke an excruciating stalemate that can be ended only by a radical break.
- 63New York PostFarran Smith NehmeNew York PostFarran Smith NehmeIt’s sprightly, funny and at times piercingly sad.
- 58The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangShot in pedestrian fashion, it is set in an intriguing and entirely foreign milieu, but the film ends up just too inscrutable and oblique for us to really engage with it, or its often incomprehensibly motivated characters.
- 50Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenThe actors play off one another beautifully, but the film bottoms out just as it's getting warmed up.