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Trouble Every Day

Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 15 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 7 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Suspense/Thriller
Written by:
Claire Denis
Jean-Pol Fargeau
Directed by: Claire Denis
Release Date:
Theatrical: November 30, 2001
DVD: March 9, 2004
Running Time: 100 minutes, Color
Origin: France / Germany / Japan
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring Vincent Gallo, Tricia Vessey, Béatrice Dalle, Alex Descas, and Florence Loiret
Claire Denis, the award-winning director of "Beau Travail," unleashes her provocative vision of desire. (Lot 47 Films)
Also On Metacritic
FILM: Beau Travail Friday Night The Intruder
Also On The Web: Internet Movie Database Official Studio Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
New York Post V.A. Musetto
If you have an appetite for audacious, one-of-a-kind filmmaking, this one's for you. Just don't say you weren't warned.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir
A haunting and terrifying film. It's also a film of wonderful spaces and silences.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Chris Fujiwara
A success in some sense, but it's hard to like a film so cold and dead.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
Something haunting is going on here, but it's as difficult for the viewers as it is for the characters to sink their teeth into anything truly satisfying.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
The extremely intimate violence is more explicit than is the mainstream norm, and Dalle's mouth is the stuff of nightmares.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Michael Dequina
As palpable as the atmosphere is, had the film boasted a clearer, more memorable story and performances that were a step above adequate, the creepiness wouldn't have simply lingered with the viewer, it would have gotten under their skin.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Denis's pungent images create a nightmarish mood but don't bring full artistic coherence to her odd mix of gothic horror and postmodern reverie.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Highly problematical. The trouble with "Trouble" is one of temperament. Denis' formality and seriousness make the horror genre a risky business for her, especially when sex is combined with outrageous gore.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
A demented, orgiastically gory vampire/sex parable.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
Ultimately seems naïve. In developing the comparison of sex and cannibalism, it never goes beyond the standard Draculian symbol of blood to include other bodily substances.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jack Mathews
Insipid, self-indulgent bit of art-house macabre.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
Maybe there's a metaphor here, but figuring it out wouldn't make Trouble Every Day any better.
Read Full Review >Village Voice J. Hoberman
This modern-day vampire story is purposefully shocking in its eroticized gore, if unintentionally dull in its lack of poetic frissons.
Read Full Review >Variety Derek Elley
Over-long, under-written and needlessly obscure instead of genuinely atmospheric.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
James M gave it a10:
Perfection, in every single way, but I just can't explain why. It contains one scene of absolutely carnage, and another which left me very, very unsettled, both of which were very disturbing and gory, but somehow they contributed to the bigger picture, lifting a moody, spectacularly structured film into a higher realm. The result is a bloody, brilliant, bold and overwhelming experience. The critics know nothing - this is one of the greats.
Carol H. gave it a 4:
A slow-moving film which I found myself longing to end! Vincent Gallo needs to cheer up and Beatrice Dalle is just loopy (as usual). Beautifully shot though, when the gory bits do come they are very shocking. I felt rather queasy! Too many questions were left unanswered - that's French cinema for you!
Elliott M. gave it a 9:
Although it was undoubtedly the most disturbing film I have ever seen, it also featured such powerful acting, that I almost believed that what was actually happening on screen - was ACTUALLY happening. The director's neglect to restrain ANYTHING on screen makes the film so undoubtedly powerful that by the time the film is over, you can't get the images out of your head. And whether you like it or not (mostly not), you would have to say - that was exactly the point.
