pulling the feels…
pulling the feels…
FLICKFEEL
83
from 282 comments
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FUN
22
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
95
how much it moved you
Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.
Nobody has rated this on FlickFeel yet. This is public discussion of this title, read into a curve. It is not a rating and it never becomes one.
Read from 282 comments (239 from Reddit, 40 from Metacritic, 3 from TMDB reviews) — 93 of them described how it moves.
📈 rising arc — Builds the whole way through. Pulled both ways throughout — never simply one thing. In the last stretch it was tender and painful at the same time, which is the state people mean by being moved. Very little of it ever resolves. Marked above the line: 1 moment that made people jump, 4 that landed as a blow, 3 that gave people chills, 1 that got a real laugh.
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“the bonfire scene, which has been steadily becoming one of my favorite scenes in movies of all time. the use of acapella to build tension. the way the scene climax when they *finally* make eye contact. héloïse’s dress catches on fire; they realize theyre in love. héloïse looks down and sees her burning dress and does nothing but accept it; accept their love despite all the implications that comes with it. she ignores how incredibly inappropriate their love was at that time and how she already knew it could only end in pain.”
TzuyusVietBitch · Reddit ↗
“The last scene is going to stick with me for a long time. The most effective part is it's not just pure sobbing. She smiles for a moment, even as the tears pour, she's feeling every emotion as she listens and remembers. It just breaks my fucking heart, even weeks after having seen it.”
PlayOnPlayer · Reddit ↗
“The abortion scene with her lying on the bed next to the little kid was utterly gripping”
MtHammer · Reddit ↗
“the acapella at the bonfire spooked me when it first started”
FoonaLagoonaBaboona · Reddit ↗
“the last 10 minutes are a devastating timeskip that makes me want to die.”
shhhneak · Reddit ↗
“This final scene reminds me of [the final scene of Call Me by Your Name](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0jzxPAuo6c)*.* Same power. I didn't think anything could ever move me like that final seen. *Portrait* has surpassed it.”
ocean-mountain · Reddit ↗
Read 28 Aug 2026 · confidence 100% · scored on the same 0-100 scale as a community score · how this works
Published reviews, not felt experience — a different question from the one above, and never mixed into the FlickFeel score.
“Assaying [Sciamma's] first period film, an exquisitely executed love story that's both formally adventurous and emotionally devastating, she sticks the landing like a UCLA gymnast in peak condition. It's so good you'll want to watch again in slow-motion immediately afterwards just to see how she does it.”
Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter · 100
“Razor-sharp and shatteringly romantic ... as perfect a film as any to have premiered this year.”
David Ehrlich, IndieWire · 100
“Sciamma ... has a magnificent capability for elegant prose that wouldn’t feel out of place in a classic novel, the kind of dialogue that simmers long after it is spoken.”
Caroline Tsai, The Playlist · 100
“A superbly elegant, enigmatic drama ... I was on the edge of my seat.”
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian · 100
“Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a film of incandescent scenes and staggering wonder.”
Leonardo Goi, The Film Stage · 100
Scores from Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes, read 28 Aug 2026. Quotes belong to their publications and link to the full reviews.
it reviews better than it plays — critics 97, the watch 83
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
“the bonfire scene, which has been steadily becoming one of my favorite scenes in movies of all time. the use of acapella to build tension. the way the scene climax when they *finally* make eye contact. héloïse’s dress catches on fire; they realize theyre in love. héloïse looks down and sees her burning dress and does nothing but accept it; accept their love despite all the implications that comes with it. she ignores how incredibly inappropriate their love was at that time and how she already knew it could only end in pain.”
TzuyusVietBitch▲ 627about 33–66% inread it ↗
“The last scene is going to stick with me for a long time. The most effective part is it's not just pure sobbing. She smiles for a moment, even as the tears pour, she's feeling every emotion as she listens and remembers. It just breaks my fucking heart, even weeks after having seen it.”
PlayOnPlayer▲ 538about 90–100% inread it ↗
“The abortion scene with her lying on the bed next to the little kid was utterly gripping”
MtHammer▲ 494about 50–60% inread it ↗
“the acapella at the bonfire spooked me when it first started”
FoonaLagoonaBaboona▲ 470about 50–60% inread it ↗
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