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"It's a treat watching Shaw, a British stage icon, melting under the heat of Phocion's attentions." -- Misha Berson, SEATTLE TIMES   "Has an unmistakable, easy joie de vivre." -- Kevin John Bozelka, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL   "...unspeakably, unbearably dull, featuring reams of flatly delivered dialogue and a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted." -- Matt Brunson, CREATIVE LOAFING   "a terrible adaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome. In the wrong hands, i.e. Peploe's, it's simply unbearable" -- Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL   "Indeed, a triumph of love: love of performance, love of joy, and, above all else, love of love itself. " -- Michael Dequina, MR. BROWN'S MOVIES   "Sorvino is delightful in the central role. She nearly glows with enthusiasm, sensuality and a conniving wit." -- Jack Garner, ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE   "For this sort of thing to work, we need agile performers, but the proficient, dull Sorvino has no light touch, and Rodan is out of his league." -- Chris Hewitt, ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS   "As giddy and whimsical and relevant today as it was 270 years ago." -- Bruce Kirkland, JAM! MOVIES   "Clare Peploe's airless movie adaptation could use a little American Pie-like irreverence." -- Sean Means, SALT LAKE TRIBUNE   "A clash between the artificial structure of the story and the more contemporary, naturalistic tone of the film ..." -- Nell Minow, MOVIE MOM

Hot Pick   "I can't remember the last time I saw a movie where I wanted so badly for the protagonist to fail." -- Jeremiah Kipp, FILMCRITIC.COM

Cream of the Crop ROTTEN 43% Avg. Rating: 5.7/10   "Viewed as a comedy, a romance, a fairy tale, or a drama, there's nothing remotely triumphant about this motion picture." -- James Berardinelli, JAMES BERARDINELLI'S REELVIEWS   "Sorvino makes the princess seem smug and cartoonish, and the film only really comes alive when poor Hermocrates and Leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours." -- Leslie Camhi, VILLAGE VOICE   "A gorgeous, witty, seductive movie." -- Ray Conlogue, GLOBE AND MAIL   "Elegant, mannered and teasing." -- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES   "As the princess, Sorvino glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat. Ben Kingsley is truly funny, playing a kind of Ghandi gone bad." -- Daphne Gordon, TORONTO STAR   "Coughs and sputters on its own postmodern conceit." -- Desson Howe, WASHINGTON POST   "A classy, sprightly spin on film." -- Stephen Hunter, WASHINGTON POST   "It could have been something special, but two things drag it down to mediocrity -- director Clare Peploe's misunderstanding of Marivaux's rhythms, and Mira Sorvino's limitations as a classical actress." -- Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE   "More trifle than triumph." -- Terry Lawson, DETROIT FREE PRESS   "Proves a lovely trifle that, unfortunately, is a little too in love with its own cuteness." -- Glenn Lovell, SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS ( More... )

  "The silly plot and, at times, overly broad comedy get a bit wearing -- this is the type of story that throws in comic relief on top of what is clearly already an airy comedy -- but the film is worth seeing for Sorvino alone."
-- Jean Oppenheimer, NEW TIMES