Blue Beard
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73 out of 100

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  • Summary: Based on Charles Perrault's grisly fairytale, Bluebeard tells the story of young Marie-Catherine, child bride to an aristocratic ogre with a reputation for murdering his wives. Controversial director Catherine Breillat brings her personal touch to this classic tale, a favorite of good little French girls since the 1950's. Princess Marie-Catherine must employ all her cunning to outwit her husband and escape a potentially unpleasant fate. (Strand Releasing)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Keith Uhlich
    100
    The most impressive aspect of Breillat’s feature is that it agitates like the best fairy tales, seducing us with otherworldliness before sticking the knife in and permanently inscribing the moral.
  2. Boxoffice Magazine
    Reviewed by: Richard Mowe
    80
    Breillat directs with her characteristic flair for getting under the skin of her protagonists while taking a particular pleasure examining sisterly bonds and feminist concerns within the context of a fairy tale.
  3. NPR
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    80
    Breillat plumbs the power of fairy tales to enchant, disturb, warn and teach.
  4. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Peter Brunette
    60
    Stylized, pure cinematic retelling of this ancient tale of misogyny will enchant some and bore others.

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