One, he has given the film a very nice visual style and there are some shots during the finale which bring very obvious metaphors to life. (jackasscritics.com)
Discovered one night by troubled little Samuel (Noah Wiseman) and read to him by his mom, long - suffering palliative - care nurse Amelia (Essie Davis — stardom awaits), the book foretells the arrival of a Jack White - looking thing (Tim Purcell) that serves as an unfortunately obvious metaphor for repressed grief. (filmfreakcentral.net)
It leaves room for the ache of a tumultuous relationship in full, centered around the somewhat obvious metaphor of artist (Léa Seydoux) and muse (Adèle Exarchopoulos), but shaded by the messier realities of career anxiety, cohabitation, sex and colleague flirtations. (timeout.com)