Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- witty
- anxious
- intimate
- date night
- french cinema night
What critics said
Critics generally found the film an engaging, nervy contemporary comedy-drama led by Virginie Efira, though aggregate scores suggest some reservations about its unevenness.
What sets it apart
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Victoria is a lawyer and single mother whose cases, childcare problems, ex-husband, and love life collide in escalating comic situations.
Victoria's fluid romantic life and resistance to judgment are central to her crisis and self-reorientation.
Victoria struggles to raise two daughters while maintaining a legal career and managing a breakdown in her support system.
Victoria's lawyerly world and a lawsuit involving people close to her turn personal relationships into adversarial arguments.
Films like In Bed with Victoria, and why
The Worst Person in the World
witty, intimate relationship drama centered on a professionally capable woman navigating romantic and personal upheaval
A Summer's Tale
francophone romantic dramedy combining sexual autonomy, emotional uncertainty, and sharp social observation
Enough Said
warm but anxious comedy-drama about contemporary relationships, friendship, and adult self-discovery
Movie Details
- Director
- Justine Triet
- Release Date
- 2016-09-14
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (515)
Cast
- Virginie Efira
- Vincent Lacoste
- Melvil Poupaud
- Laurent Poitrenaux
- Laure Calamy
- Alice Daquet
- Julie Moulier
- Elsa Wolliaston
- Sophie Fillières
- Liv Harari
Common questions
- What is In Bed with Victoria about?
- A sharp French romantic comedy-drama follows a divorced lawyer whose carefully managed life unravels through childcare pressures, courtroom complications, and renewed intimacy.
- What is In Bed with Victoria like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of In Bed with Victoria as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is In Bed with Victoria violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in In Bed with Victoria.
- What did critics think of In Bed with Victoria?
- Critics generally found the film an engaging, nervy contemporary comedy-drama led by Virginie Efira, though aggregate scores suggest some reservations about its unevenness.
- Which films are like In Bed with Victoria?
- Films with a similar feel include The Worst Person in the World, A Summer's Tale, and Enough Said.
- How long is In Bed with Victoria?
- In Bed with Victoria runs 97 minutes.
