Roman de Gare (Crossed Tracks) (2007)

Critic Reviews

• Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com

  Lelouch is now 71 years old, and I bet he's never had as much fun with a film. Roman de Gare threads plots and characters and twists together like a demented weaver.

• Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

  Forty years after his breakout success as a filmmaker, Claude Lelouch makes something of a comeback with his playful and sexy whodunit, Roman de Gare.

• Joe Baltake, Passionate Moviegoer

  Claude Lelouch's 'Roman de gare'('Crossed Tracks'): A seductive, compulsively watchable little cat-and-mouse game

• Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader

  Lelouch and his longtime writing partner, Pierre Uytterhoeven, slyly exploit and subvert audience expectations.

• Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

  I think I understand the alternative realities of the plot, and I concede the loose ends are tied up, sort of, but I didn't care.

• Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic

  Don't go to the theater expecting too much and you can't help but leave with a smile on your face.

• Kelly Vance, East Bay Express

  Lelouch's splintered narrative, mostly related in flashback, plays games with the characters without delivering much of a payoff.

• Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

  Stylist Claude Lelouche (A Man and a Woman) is still full of surprises in his choice of genres and subjects.

• Sandra Hall, Sydney Morning Herald

  The air of Gallic nonchalance ensures you have a lot of fun watching Pinon and Ardant match wits. It's Dana, however, who anchors the story.

• Jim Schembri, The Age (Australia)

  An engaging, enjoyable slice of suspense from the French.

• Jeff Vice, Deseret News, Salt Lake City

  Is it supposed to be funny, tragic or what? Even the characters don't seem too sure.

• Jason Di Rosso, MovieTime, ABC Radio National

  There's a lushness and emotional charge here that makes this very watchable. Don't expect poetry, though; it's more like a good crossword puzzle.

• Mark Demetrius, FILMINK (Australia)

  It's surprising, enthralling, intriguing, blackly droll, and a rattling good yarn.

• David Stratton, The Australian

  Red herrings abound and audience frustration sets in. It's a pity because the film looks good and the Gilbert Becaud songs on the soundtrack are easy on the ear.

• David Stratton, At the Movies (Australia)

  It's filled with intriguing characters, it has a fascinating initial premise -- and then it runs off the rails.

• Andrew L. Urban, Urban Cinefile

  The thriller elements that become the crucial threads in the third act are a bit clunky and the resolution is not convincing, either dramatically or romantically, but the film is nonetheless an entertaining journey

• Louise Keller, Urban Cinefile

  Lelouch surprises us at every turn and we never know where the story is going to take us.

• Nathaniel Rogers, Pajiba

  It's too bad you can't shove a new theatrical release into your beach bag, as if it were a well-worn paperback.

• Jonathan Kiefer, Sacramento News & Review

  The ever-appealing Fanny Ardant and the enigmatic, pug-faced character actor Dominique Pinon have many subtle delights up their sleeves, and newcomer Audrey Dana is a revelation.

• Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

  ... about the creation of fiction, the way we spin lies together into a simulacrum of life - if there's any philosophical point of view beyond that it's that every narrative is necessarily an abridgment of truth.

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