A model French psychological drama in which very little action occurs but feelings and intuitions are documented with precision and discretion.
40
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The result is rather like eavesdropping on a bright but painfully self-absorbed adolescent's secret thoughts: sometimes fascinating, other times just infuriating.
40
The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter
Ultimately involves a highly contrived, melodramatic ending that wouldn't have been out of place in a '40s-era film noir.
30
VarietyScott Foundas
VarietyScott Foundas
Torpid, academic vanity project for helmer-thesp Rodolphe Marconi.
20
Village Voice
Village Voice
Cryptic, pseudo-poetic asides come across as merely pretentious: Repeated cutaways to statues will not make your film "Contempt," nor will fleeting references to serial killers make it "Don't Look Now."