Pour elle (Anything for Her)

Pour elle (Anything for Her) (2007)

  • 79% of critics liked it
    (29 reviews)

  • 71% of users liked it
    (1,723 ratings)

With a loving, stable marriage of many years, a devoted son named Oscar (Lancelot Roch) and a quiet life in suburban France, life feels supremely happy for French couple Julien (Vincent Lindon) and Lisa (Diane Kruger). The household is shaken to its core, then, when an unthinkable series of events… More

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Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Fred Cavayé, Guillaume Lemans
Genres
Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Dec 3, 2008 Wide
Mars Distribution

Critic Reviews

  • Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail

    Pour Elle is a smart, startling thriller; a perfect date movie for couples who like to smoke afterwards.

  • Dave Calhoun, Time Out

    Cavayé's film may not be the cleverest or most credible but it packs an effective punch.

  • Louise Keller, Urban Cinefile

    Propelled by tension, this gripping prison escape thriller takes the form of a beguiling morality tale as it raises unfathomable issues between right and wrong

  • Dominic Corry, Flicks.co.nz

    Get out and see this magnificent thriller before the American remake (starring Russell Crowe, planned for release later this year) steals its thunder.

  • Liz Braun, Jam! Movies

    The idea of an ordinary guy busting his wife out of prison sounds fairly silly, but you'll still be at the edge of your seat for most of Pour Elle.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Fernando Rafael Q


    Pour Elle is a well-constructed French thriller that's, at the same time, a pleasing, exciting actioner and a harrowing drama. Excellent cinematography by Alain Duplantier and outstanding work from leads Vincent Lindon and Diane Kruger make the experience all the more powerful.… More

  • familiar s


    I can't help wondering why Hollywood chose to remake this average thriller. Maybe running out of concepts? However, others might find this movie outstanding since I felt it was an ordinary one (in the near past, Winter's Bone and The Town were such movies which were great… More

  • Carlos M


    Very tense and well directed, this is a decent French thriller that presents great performances by Lindon and Kruger in a plot that is generic but efficient as long as you are willing to accept its rather ludicrous premise.

  • Brian D


    A decent and well though out thriller with some great acting for the two leads.You can touch base here with the husband who is trying to coup with he's wife in prison and looking after he's young son while working and how despite for he's wife to come home. There is a… More

  • Gordon A


    Taut thriller with quality leads if somewhat implausible ending.

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