Critic Reviews

• Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter

  A mysterious love story takes chances and mostly succeeds.

• Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic

  Those who know if they like the world of Leconte -- like those who know they like the world of Eric Rohmer or Jacques Rivette -- will look forward to seeing this film the way they might look forward to a fine meal prepared by a great chef.

• Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine

  An Adults Only movie in the best sense of the term.

• Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

  While other would-be Hitchcock imitators limit themselves to seeing only the mayhem or violence in his works, Leconte has picked up on the fascinating psychology, the subtle moodiness and his obsessive interest in the dark side of people.

• Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel

  What's at stake in Intimate Strangers is something quite small: The relationship between two lonely people. We care because Leconte helps us to understand their isolation, and we end up sharing their thirst for human contact.

• Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

  Focusing on the expressive repression on his actors' faces, and keeping his camera so close to his subjects that you share their sense of wilful withdrawal from everything around them, Leconte keeps you riveted to the screen.

• Jay Antani, Cinema Writer

  pleasant, compelling, worth a look

• CT Staff, Christianity Today

  Director Patrice Leconte subtly infuses the movie with humor and psychological depth.

• Mark Pfeiffer, Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

  [Leconte is] among the best today at turning out films in the classic French mode.

• Robert Roten, Laramie Movie Scope

  It doesn't quite ring true, but it is absorbing, nonetheless.

• Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

  One day we're going to look back and wonder how we never quite noticed how very good Patrice Leconte is.

• Jeffrey Overstreet, Looking Closer

  ... full of meaningful moments, aesthetic pleasures, and the joy that comes from the close study of a character's expressions, confessions, and silences.

• Forrest Hartman, Reno Gazette-Journal

  One of the most unusual screen romances of 2004.

• Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine

  With no extras, this DVD edition of Intimate Strangers is strictly for fans of Patrice Leconte.

• Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDWire

  The performances...make it worth soldiering past many obvious doubts (how hard is it to say, "You're in the wrong office"?) to find out what happens.

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