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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenLos Angeles TimesSheri LindenCovering an eventful artistic season, Jean-Stéphane Bron’s The Paris Opera is a well-observed vérité portrait of a major cultural institution.
- 60The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe Paris Opera feels at once sprawling and insufficiently patient.
- 50Village VoiceNick SchagerVillage VoiceNick SchagerUnfortunately, the film has nothing much to say other than that the enterprise is inherently complicated — which isn’t point enough for 111 minutes of screen time.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonSan Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonFor a documentary about one of the most prestigious opera institutions in the world, The Paris Opera has, maddeningly, very little opera.
- 50Washington PostWashington PostThe Paris Opera is a good representation of the struggle behind the spectacle. In movies, though, it’s sometimes best to even out those proportions — a little less absolute truth, and a little more bull.