Charles Dance, Charlotte Rampling, Jean-Francois Lamour
Sarah Morton is a famous British mystery author. Tired of London and seeking inspiration for her new novel, she accepts an offer from her publisher John Bosload to stay at his home in Luberon, in the ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 13, 2004
Stats: 1,176 reviews
I couldn't remember if I'd seen this, so I started watching it and then I remembered that I had seen it, but I couldn't remember how it ended, so I watched it again. It's a good little thriller with a twist.
a bored and self-disgruntled writer of formulaic mystery thrillers takes a vacation in the sultry French countryside to recharge and, quite literally, finds her Muse again. It's the budding relationship between the staid cool and controlled outer shell of the writer (Rampling wo...( read more)
The reviews I read beforehand all said my reaction would be "WTF just happened!?!". Well, apparently Ebert didn't get that Pulitzer for nothing. It's a total mindfuck, but most spectacularly so.
A strange movie. I still don't get the last scene - Julie is not Julia??? But the relationship between Julie and Sarah is interesting to say the least.
Gets a bunch of stars for storyline but doesn't really fit in to any mode of the scene which is all the rave in any person fucking mouth. Right? Fuck off
Very good movie, gets slow in some parts so don't watch too late at night. Great cast very worth while...
I'll rate this two and a half stars for now... I thought this was a straight-forward mystery/drama type movie, but actually, there's more to it than meets the eye. That probably means I need to watch it again to get a better understanding of the intricate storyline.
What the eff? Hmmm, maybe if I see the last ten minutes five more times THEN I'll get it. Mindfuck film!!
Shimmering with eroticism and simmering with the tension of unfamiliarity -- we never know, right up to the flourish of its end, quite where this film is going. full review
Rampling and Sagnier are very good in roles that demand very different things of them, and Ozon's mix of peril and playfulness make for a seductive cinematic diversion. full review
Like other Ozon movies, it feels lifeless and freeze-dried -- in the end, it's more about its own ideas than it is about actual characters. full review
It's Sagnier, a young Bardot, who lifts the movie, and Rampling, 58, who gives it nuance, not to mention a nude scene that shows off a body Demi Moore would envy. full review
Mr. Ozon's first English-language film, is simultaneously a thoroughly mannered, mischievously artificial confection and an acute piece of psychological realism. full review
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