Marguerite (2015)

"Florence Foster Jenkins took the tale of the tone-deaf English Diva, cast Meryl Streep, and spun it into an amusing delight. Inspired by the same true story, French movie Marguerite also places a powerhouse actress in the lead, with Catherine Frot delivering a multi-faceted performance as eccentric songstress Marguerite Dupont (the same name as the actress who played the rich lady routinely flattered and fleeced in Marx Brothers movies)."

"Cover your ears and open your hearts: In French director Xavier Giannoli’s pitch-perfect comedy of manners, “Marguerite,” a shameless chanteuse with a surplus of money and a shortage of talent buys her way into the spotlight..."

"This is sombre, artful and winningly ambiguous."

"In the end, Marguerite isn’t a comedy so much as a love story. True love, it seems, isn’t just blind; it must be deaf, too."

"Giannoli and Frot ensure that Marguerite is never the butt of the joke. On the contrary, she embodies something admirably unruly - a devotion to music that transcends the stifling disappointments of real life."

"It's a film that relies on our sympathy for her and she flawlessly commands it, without ever resorting to sentimentality."

"Despite its longueurs, offers much to enjoy, particularly Frot's ripe, passionate performance."

"The irony is, the French film feels more honest, human and believable than the American one ever did."

"A thoughtful examination of an unusual, deeply eccentric woman."

"Xavier Giannoli offers up an amusingly entertaining portrait of fortune, infamy and severe melodic dysfunction in the polished French period dramedy, Marguerite."