8 3 . ▁ ▁Film ▁critic ▁John ▁Cole man ▁said ▁that ▁" the ▁film ' s ▁time ▁span ▁covers ▁T ues day ▁( st ew ▁and ▁pot atoes ), ▁Wed nes day ▁( wi ener ▁sch nitz el ) ▁and ▁head y ▁Th urs day ▁( me at ▁lo af ▁and ▁Jean ne ▁has ▁an ▁org asm ▁and ▁k ills ▁her ▁client ▁with ▁a ▁pair ▁of ▁sc iss ors ). ▁This ▁org asm ▁bit ▁is ▁bound ▁to ▁strike ▁the ▁serious - mind ed ▁as ▁an ▁un fortun ate ▁bow ▁of ▁cr ass ▁commercial ism ". ▁Jonathan ▁Rosen baum ▁def ended ▁the ▁film ▁and ▁said ▁that ▁it ▁" ne eds ▁its ▁running ▁time , ▁for ▁its ▁subject ▁is ▁an ▁ep ic ▁one , ▁and ▁the ▁overall ▁swe ep   ... ▁trains ▁one ▁to ▁recognize ▁and ▁respond ▁to ▁fl uct u ations ▁and ▁nu ances . ▁If ▁a ▁radical ▁cinema ▁is ▁something ▁that ▁goes ▁to ▁the ▁roots ▁of ▁experience , ▁this ▁is ▁at ▁the ▁very ▁least ▁a ▁film ▁that ▁shows ▁where ▁and ▁how ▁some ▁of ▁these ▁roots ▁are ▁buried ". ▁Crit ic ▁Gary ▁Indiana ▁said ▁that ▁" A k erman ' s ▁br ill iance ▁is ▁her ▁ability ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁vie wer ▁fasc in ated ▁by ▁everything ▁normally ▁left ▁out ▁of ▁mov ies ". ▁ ▁I v one ▁Mar gu il ies ▁observed ▁that ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁" fully ▁in ▁t une " ▁with ▁the ▁European ▁women ' s ▁movement ▁of ▁the ▁time , ▁and ▁that ▁femin ist ▁critics ▁wel com ed ▁its ▁"