91
Metascore
5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago ReaderDave KehrChicago ReaderDave KehrGremillon seems the master of every style he attempts, but his genius lies in the smooth linking of those various styles; the film seems to evolve as it unfolds, changing its form in imperceptible stages.
- 100Slant MagazineSlant MagazineExquisite and disturbing, Gueule d’Amour is still one of the screen’s least seen masterpieces.
- 90The New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaThe New York TimesBeatrice LoayzaGrémillon supplements the bleak fatalism and noirish intrigue with bursts of quivering melodrama that enrich and expand the story beyond its ostensible fatal-attraction framework.
- 80The New York TimesCaryn JamesThe New York TimesCaryn JamesLike other love stories of the period, Gueule d'Amour has a melodramatic surface, yet it hits a nerve in anyone who has ever spent too much time thinking about the wrong person.
- 80The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneNot every rarity is a revelation, but Lady Killer strikes me as the real deal.