May 17, 2026 11:52am PT

‘Another Day’ Review: Adèle Exarchopoulos Gives an Understated and Deeply Lived-In Performance in Jeanne Herry’s Graceful Alcoholism Drama

With an effortless handle on the passage of time and generously observed details, 'Another Day' feels gentle and immersive even when it briefly errs on the side of didacticism.

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From Billy Wilder’s “The Lost Weekend” to the Sandra Bullock-starrer “28 Days” and beyond, cinema has a long tradition of substance abuse and recovery stories. There is something inherently cinematic and moving about a struggling person’s by-the-bootstraps journey to healing, with a lifetime’s worth of trials and tribulations. Just two years ago, Nora Fingscheidt’s tough but ultimately restorative “The Outrun” emerged as one of the best in this subgenre, showing both the all-consuming chaos of alcoholism with its unruly structure, and the serenity of the one-day-at-a-time mindset. More tame in its nature but still powerful, writer-director Jeanne Herry’s 2026 Cannes Competition entry “Another Day” is an addiction drama that is honest, patient and deceptively understated when it doesn’t err on the side of didacticism.

'Another Day’ Review: Adèle Exarchopoulos Gives an Understated and Deeply Lived-In Performance in Jeanne Herry’s Graceful Alcoholism Drama