On My Way

"If the general shapelessness of Emanuelle Bercot’s On My Way is fairly easy to accommodate, it’s because the admittedly stale material rests squarely on the shoulders of French icon Catherine Deneuve. At 70, she’s a delight here as a beleaguered former beauty queen, a tailor-made role which she inhabits with ease and a faded effervescence that is affecting in the way it permeates every frame of this movie. Like Sebastián Lelio’s not dissimilar, but superior Gloria, On My Way occupies the character space of middle aged women wrestling with the pitiless spectre of mortality, but re-awakening to discover purpose and independence whilst attempting to hang together strained family ties."

"A stunning performance by Catherine Deneuve as Bettie is the highlight of this warm, life-embracing road movie in which a cigarette break becomes the trigger for change"

"Deneuve swans through all the heartstring-plucking silliness like the ethereal superstar she is."

"Just when it seems about to be stranded in the middle of nowhere, Bettie and Charly's fraught relationship gives the movie an emotional center and comedic drive."

"Bercot was certainly right to trust that Deneuve’s compulsive watchability would be enough to anchor this otherwise weightless coming-of-old-age saga."

"Deneuve gets down, and a bit dirty, in this uneven but likeable French dramedy."