Couture

Name: Couture
Director: Alice Winocour
Genre: Drama
Released: 2026-02-18
Rating: 5.6

February 18, 2026· 1h 44m

Drama

Directed by

Alice Winocour

Cast

Angelina Jolie Anyier Anei Ella Rumpf Louis Garrel Vincent Lindon Garance Marillier +30 more ↓

Cinemagraphs Score5.6

In the frenzy of Fashion Week, three women cross paths in Paris, grappling with the world's tragedies and the questions of their lives: Maxine, an American film director in her forties, discovers she has cancer; Ada, a young South Sudanese model, escapes a predetermined destiny to be thrust into a deceptive universe and French makeup artist Angèle, a small hand working in the shadows of the catwalks, dreams of escaping her life.

Critics Sentiment

Critics5.6

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Critics

8+ Great

6-8 Good

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3 reviews·Last updated 12d ago

Peak Moment

Maxine meets Louis Garrel's Anton, her first assistant director on set

6.5at 11m

Lowest Moment

The three women's paths cross without the emotional payoff the film promises

4.5at 1h 21m

Biggest Swing

Sentiment drops sharply from the personal authenticity of Jolie's cancer scenes around the 66-minute mark (5.8) to the hollow convergence of the three storylines at the 80-minute mark (4.5), as the film's failure to deliver on its ensemble promise becomes undeniable.

Couture opens with visual energy and a promising ensemble premise set against Paris Fashion Week, but reviewer consensus finds the film thin, unfocused, and unable to give its three central women the depth their stories deserve. Jolie's personal courage in mirroring her own cancer experience lends the film its most credible moments, yet critics broadly agree the script is specious and shallow, insisting on the glamour of its setting without earning it dramatically. The film ends without resolving its narrative threads with conviction, leaving audiences with something as disposable as its title suggests.

3 reviews analyzed|Sources: Guardian, Tmdb