Matrixston
Wow! Such a good movie.
Janae Milner
Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
Erica Derrick
By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
vijking
....no resolution.A generous, generous 4/10, because it's Christmas, Orthodox Christmas, but anyway.The film is about a woman who tells her husband she's having an affair with another man. Their relationship deteriorates, it swings from hot to cold, he keeps his distance, gives her space, but they still live together, share a child and common friends. At the end he moves out, but comes by to see his kid. She tells him that she's no longer with the other man. That's the whole film. There is no resolution to the film. The film is not about Anne's relationship with the other man (we never actually see him), but Anne's marriage with Pierre. Once she reveals the affair, the relationship sours. And it just stays sour until the end. She ends her affair, but Pierre remains in no man's land just as he was in the start, unloved by his wife and unsure what to do.I'm not sure what the point of this film is, other than being some financial or tax scheme.The acting is top notch, but where's the story? This film is like watching a 90- minute first act, with no second or third.
mdefranc
I wouldn't be surprised if Huppert faked her affair with the mysterious "lover" just to solicit her husband's attention. At the end it seems as if she had "forgiven" him and tries to win him back to their home. Her interpretations often grab the audience by the throat, leaving spectators often in a state of mesmerizing suspense, and I am using the word "mesmerizing" because of her ability to seduce and own the viewers' eyes. She is a woman who has a way with men, she makes them believe what she wants, she makes them want her and agonize over her, over her insane requests and behavior throughout the movies she stars in.After seeing her in some of her movies, I feel comfortable saying that she could have been a good main character in Ozon's "Sous le Sable", where the role of the widow is played by a phenomenal Charlotte Rampling (remember when she runs on the beach at the end?).
aiu
As the title reveals, the story is about the separation of a couple. No reason for the behavior of the two spouses is given whatsoever, and this behavior remains completely unconvincing though the whole movie. The story is told as seen from a third party, who tries to be fully objective, but, in the end, it only manages to describe two irresolute characters, without any particular strong emotion or feeling.The two main actors look as if they really do not care about the other or about themselves. At each point of the movie, you feel that both the reconciliation and the divorce are equally plausible, and, after some time, you start to care as much as the two main characters (i.e., at all) about what will happen.
mob61uk
This is a carefully crafted study of the break-up of a marriage. The subtle and powerful performances of Daniel Auteuil and Isabelle Huppert as the couple in question, and Vincent's well-paced direction of a good quality script, deliver a film that does not fall into the usual cliches of this genre.Well worth seeing.
