the emotions are florid and the entanglements heated. But the film become preoccupied with, as Flaubert would say, the pettiness and mediocrity of daily life
a tad too slapstick and not nearly modern enough in its social sensibilities to offer a truly updated version of Madame Bovary, Gemma Bovery still has its charms, especially Luchini's delightful take on a man who believes he can wish a woman to life from
a sly and frequently comical spoof on "Madame Bovary" based on a graphic novel by Posy Simmonds, "Gemma Bovery" intersects with, and diverges from, the source material in witty ways
by Joe Neumaier [NY Daily News ]
by Linda Barnard [Toronto Star ]
by Kyle Smith [New York Post ]
