79
Metascore
19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100EmpireEmpireAn epic film brimming over with life, romance, humour, comedy and the sheer panache of Depardieu's Cyrano.
- 90Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasWell-nigh flawless, with scarcely a moment's lull. [18 Dec 1990, p.F1]
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA splendid movie not just because it tells its romantic story, and makes it visually delightful, and centers it on Depardieu, but for a better reason: The movie acts as if it believes this story. Depardieu is not a satirist - not here, anyway. He plays Cyrano on the level, for keeps.
- 80Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversThe antique charms of the story can still seduce us when done well, and director Jean-Paul Rappeneau, who freely adapted the play with Jean-Claude Carrière, knows how to fashion a sumptuously beautiful, hugely entertaining spectacle that also stays alert to the cadences of the heart.
- 80TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineA virtuoso update. Gerard Depardieu's Cyrano is nothing short of magnificent.
- 80Washington PostRita KempleyWashington PostRita KempleyCyrano de Bergerac is played full tilt, like Don Quixote against the windmills. An enthusiastic melodrama, it spills emotions like stars across the noble screen.
- 70The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyWith its screenplay adapted from Rostand by Mr. Rappeneau and Jean-Claude Carriere, the movie is really memorable, though, only for the Depardieu performance, and for the chance it gives us to hear the original French verse.
- 70Time OutTime OutRappeneau's movie-making demonstrates an unshowy confidence in itself and its subject that is wholly justifiable.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanDirector Jean-Paul Rappeneau makes the mistake of treating Cyrano de Bergerac as though it were some lost Shakespearean tragedy instead of the wonderfully gimmicky (and familiar) tearjerker it is.
- 50Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonThis 138-minute film, comprising two thousand performers and a helluva lot of musketry, has several good scenes, including the well-known one in which Christian utters romantic praise to Roxanne from below her balcony, while de Bergerac feeds him lines. But it can't escape Rostand's structural shortcomings.