Critics are enchanted by Summer Hours, a French story of three siblings (including a splendid Juliette Binoche) weighing what to do with their mother’s estate in a simple yet thought-provoking tale:
- Don’t be fooled by the apparent modesty of its ambitions, writes AO Scott in the New York Times. Sometimes a small, homely object—a teapot, a writing desk, a sketchbook, a movie about such things—turns out to be a masterpiece.