“The production balances between thematic curiosity and heartfelt drama. It's careful and delicate in its arc and opens up an interesting reflection on genuine friendship and how male bonds develop in time when they are wholly untarnished by any competition or envy.”
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“Timberlake’s treatment, even though only 90 minutes long without an interval, does begin to drag before the bittersweet end is in sight.”
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“Told in a breakneck 90 minutes, this is a rare play that could bear the addition of an interval and another half hour...That said, what we do get is perceptive, funny and leavened with gradual foreboding, despite the obvious privilege on show.”
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“As a three-hander, the play treats its unseen characters like insignificant collateral damage...Why she would put up with such treatment would be a story in itself – albeit likely a miserable one of existential anguish.”
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“If the play has a cooler overall effect than you would expect, it is an intriguing account of the ebb and flow of love, which is affectingly treated as a character in its own right.”
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“This performance fails to engage the audience, resulting in a long 90 minutes in which we are neither transported to the streets of Paris nor a passionate love triangle...Overall, ’Jules and Jim’ is an unfortunate rare case where the movie proves a better watch than the play.”
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