Simple Passion

Dosch gives a brave performance and there’s an excellent soundtrack...

"Simple Passion" lets the bodies do the talking, and after a while, they run out of things to say.

Dosch is remarkable. This is my first time seeing the French-Swiss actress, and now I want to go back now and catch up with everything she's done.

While Dosch's work is ever-changing but always accessible, Polunin never comes close to matching her acting ability, which ultimately leaves Simple Passion lacking.

While keeping a stalwart female perspective, "Simple Passion" follows an arc so standard it could be called banal.

The film makes no attempt to embody the themes that form the core of Annie Ernaux's story in its aesthetics.

There are many moving pieces and some things that don’t necessarily work so well, but all-in-all, I believe that the movie checks all the boxes necessary to call it a success.

essentially a shallow examination of sexual obsession.

The actors are perfectly fine in their sketchy roles, the filmmaking is gracefully crafted. But Simple Passion is the classic case of a movie too invested in depicting sex to manage much of anything else...

Arbid is practically edging viewers to feel the longing and desire which might stop at any moment; that is what makes this torrid romance so satisfying.