Sara Forestier is likable enough as the somewhat hapless Sophie, who dreams of working as an artist but whose main preoccupation is finding a man.
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The GuardianCath Clarke
The GuardianCath Clarke
It feels worthwhile – funny and true about growing up and getting a life.
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The New York TimesBeatrice Loayza
The New York TimesBeatrice Loayza
There are no particularly moving insights, and it falls short of a proper character study, but “Playlist” does intrigue with its droll individual parts — if not the sum of them.
Misguided, wandering, and searching for a purpose, Sophie spends the remainder of the film looking for answers. The dénouement, however, is not fulfilling for her or the audience, sacrificing a potential emotional breakthrough for the story’s weak undercurrent of a quest for love.