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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceEnamored of all things French and noir, American director Ra'up McGee has written a love letter to both.
- 70SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirAutumn is actually pretty damn good. It's a defiantly odd work, a movie-movie set more in the crime-film Paris of Jean-Pierre Melville or Jacques Becker or early Godard than in the real 21st century city.
- 50VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonFrancophile film buffs and obsessive deconstructionists might be amused, but less indulgent auds will find derivative pic artificial and mannered.
- 50L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorElegantly stylized but emotionally strained.
- 50New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsIt's in French with French actors, but its film noir sensibilities have a filtered Hollywood vibe about them. In other words, it's pretty much a mess.
- 50Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustLos Angeles TimesKevin CrustThe twists and reversals that pile up, stirred by greed, friendship and betrayal, fail to register any meaning, simply accumulating -- so that ultimately Autumn is as dry and lifeless as the leaves that fall to the ground in its opening images.
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe film looks great, but there's nothing under the high-gloss veneer.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAlthough reasonably compelling to watch and featuring fine performances from its charismatic and attractive lead performers, it ultimately displays little reason for being other than to serve as a transatlantic cinematic calling card.
- 38New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickAutumn wants to do for Jean-Pierre Melville what "Reservoir Dogs" did for Hong Kong cinema, but this new film is a joyless exercise in film appreciation.
- As they scheme to secure a mysterious silver briefcase, secrets are revealed, agendas come to light and not a single plausible line of dialogue is uttered.