The critics say: "The film is above all a consummate work of art."

He described it as "a consummate work of art, fit to stand on a par with our loftiest creations".

Théodore realizes that his wife is incapable of seeing the painting as he sees it - a consummate work of art.

But the film is above all a consummate work of art, one that transcends the historically fraught context of its making, and its pleasures are unapologetically aesthetic.

I have no doubt which you will choose, for although they are all three the most consummate works of art, yet with your taste, your flair for proportion, your grasp of minutiae, I feel confident you will select the one which I believe has no rival among the thrones of the world.