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91Fonteyne edges closer than most to capturing the mysterious rhythms of liaisons -- pornographique, romantique, and otherwise.
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90By boiling the characters down to the most basic emotions and eliminating lifestyle-specific idiosyncrasies, we can enter the world of the story with ease.
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90A brilliant, haunting film.
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88It is about the desiring itself, not about what they desire. That makes it more intriguing than if we knew their secret--and sexier.
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88An extraordinarily perfect little film: A bittersweet drama that explores sexuality and love, and their reverberations across the landscape of human emotions.
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88The audience, too, will be sorry to see this fleeting, beautifully made French film end.
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A passionate, heart-wrenching film that is a must-see for any romantic.
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80This wee, discreet little movie has a certain rueful intelligence about the ways we rather carelessly talk ourselves into love--and out of it as well.
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75Baye and Lopez are excellent, as always.
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75Sophisticated entertainment of the less-is-more school.
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70Has the rare distinction of being slight and tragic at the same time.
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70This sweet, pensive gabfest is neither conventionally romantic nor pornographic.
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70A film as romantic as its title.
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70Smells much more like real life than the immediate mating that occurs between expensive movie stars on Hollywood soundstages.
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70This movie really belongs to Baye and Lopez, both so skillful that they almost make you forget that what you're watching is close to a stunt--one oddly evocative of Graham Greene in its doomed romanticism but at times also minimalist to a fault.
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63Halfway through, it becomes clear that the filmmakers don't know how to end the film.
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63A bit of a cop-out, wrapping in wistful sentimentality a failure to acknowledge a connection that is more than epidermal.
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60Ultimately too slight and opaque to inspire much ardor.
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60This short, gentle film is surprisingly involving.
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60A delicate mood piece that owes much of its languorous charm to the understated intelligence of its two leads.
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60When the film is sexy, it's truly sexy, assuming that you believe sexiness has something to do with the exploration of a connection between people.
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50A bittersweet duet convincingly, if unexcitingly, performed by Baye and Lopez.
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30Clearly, this is an affair to forget.
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GustavoR8Good acting, fair direction.
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PatC.3Tries to clean up its act, but just isn't engaging.