The performances are stellar.

Much of The Richest Woman In The World is played for laughs... But this is comedy of manners rather than satire or burlesque, permitting us to take the characters seriously enough to speculate on what drives them.

[The Richest Woman in the World] feels simultaneously beneath Huppert and entirely built around her. What pleasures it yields stem exclusively from watching the actress swan around without breaking a sweat in a role tailored to her specifications.

Thierry Klifa’s tale is yet more evidence of Huppert’s versatility and position as the current matriarch of French cinema. She is supremely compelling as the intractable, yet capricious Marianne.