The former Disney star embraced a relaxed, feminine aesthetic while basking in the warm glow of candlelight.
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
16 Aug. 2025
There is nothing the world loves to put on a pedestal more than a beautiful white mother who inhabits the cross section of feminine beauty and maternal warmth, and who demonstrates ease at inhabiting all the roles society asks her to fill.
McQuarrie’s feats lack the comic timing, composition, and emotionalism that cartoonist-director Brad Bird brought to the thrilling Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Ethan/Tom spider-walking the Burj Khalifa skyscraper and outrunning a dust storm, Paula Patton’s womanly catfight with Léa Seydoux).
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Armond White,
National Review,
23 May 2025
Through it all, Deneuve’s Bernadette presents a model of soft-spoken, womanly perseverance.
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