“Dazzlingly entertaining! A cinematic amusement park ride. The visuals are beautifully composed; the action scenes including a famous motorcycle chase in the subway still work; and the performances are all spot-on. Diva remains terrific after all this time”.
– Andy Klein, Los Angeles CityBeat

“Diva remains a dazzler, as fresh as tomorrow. Made with wit and humor, this French stunner abounds in the go-for-broke spirit of a first film made by a talented, nervy director. Diva is essentially a celebration of the abundant joys and possibilities of filmmaking that hasn't lost any of its fizz”.
– Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

“A BRASH, SNAZZY THRILLER! Conspicuously clever and shamelessly glam, Diva contrived a neo-new-wave sensibility with a post-Pop gloss that came to be known as "cinéma du look," a Franglais label for the micro-movement of super-stylish, unabashedly romantic pictures made throughout the '80s by a clique of bright young things including Beineix, Luc Besson, and Leos Carax.”
– Nathan Lee, The Village Voice

“A POSTMODERN CLASSIC! Beineix’s reprinted and retranslated directorial debut LOOKS AND SOUNDS SUPERB, with a hybrid score of pop and opera, bold and colorful costume and set design, and entrancing cinematography…Flows between its romance, drama and thriller plots more smoothly than today’s best genre-blenders.”
– Benjamin Sutton, New York Press

“LIKE SOMETHING BEAMED DOWN FROM THE PLANET OF COOL! Diva seems organic through and through. What could be more natural than the juxtaposition of the industrial and the New Wave?…THIS IS STYLE AS A FORCE OF NATURE.”
– David Edelstein, New York Magazine

“EVERYTHING ONCE NEW ABOUT DIVA NOW SEEMS NEW AGAIN!... Beineix's artistic audacity only become clearer: Not for nothing was the new New Wave of French filmmaking he unleashed called the cinéma du look. The movie's mad excitement hinges entirely on the pleasure to be had in moving our eye from one gorgeously composed stage set of artifice to another. I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE DIVA 80’s ALL OVER AGAIN!”
– Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

“What hasn't faded at all after all these years is that, beneath its multiple layers of intrigue and super-cool exterior, DIVA IS A FILM STEEPED IN DREAMY IDEALIZED CINEMATOGRAPHIC ROMANCE. Jules' all-night dalliance with the diva still stands as one of the most romantic sequences ever… Today I consider Diva to be a perfect bit of romantic escapist fantasy. Unlike many films from the 80s, DIVA HAS ONLY IMPROVED WITH AGE. If you've never seen it, or haven't revisited it in years, don't miss this opportunity”.
– Andrew Grant, Like Anna Karina’s Sweater