The shooting aboard the cruise ship was documented in Film catastrophe by Paul Grivas.

The website's consensus reads, "Godard continues to explore new modes of expression in Film Socialisme, an avant garde essay on societal decay that will resonate strongest among the already converted.

"[8] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 64 out of 100, based on 13 reviews.

[9] Michael Phillips, film critic for the Chicago Tribune, gave the movie three stars out of four, writing, "Those receptive to Godard's sense of humor will find Film Socialisme an elusive yet expansive provocation.

It is incoherent, maddening, deliberately opaque and heedless of the ways in which people watch movies.