- Summary: This adaptation of François Mauriac's 1927 novel tells the story of an unhappily married woman struggling to break free from social norms.
- Director: Claude Miller
- Genre(s): Drama
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 15
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Mixed: 12 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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Aug 22, 201380Audrey Tautou trades in Amelie’s wide-eyed sprite look for le sourpuss in this sober yet fascinating take on aristocratic social mores between the wars.
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75While there's a certain staid feeling to the production, it does deliver a solid working-over to the era's gentry.
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75The movie looks great, with soft-focus shots of perfectly tailored outfits masking the ugliness within.
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50Mauriac’s portrait of a society obsessed with family honor and the appearance of propriety at all costs comes through strongly, but that can’t entirely compensate for a character study with a hard-working vacuum at its center. Like Keanu Reeves, Tautou requires a perfect fit; when she tries to stretch, she gets stranded.
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50Thérèse never goes beyond that level of psychological complexity because after a point, Miller and Carter aren't interested in exploring the murky depths of Thérèse 's feelings.
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50Even given the character's extreme introspection and withdrawal, Tautou's performance is too often opaque.
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40Mr. Miller’s stolid approach — with its waxwork figures, postcard beauty, insistent tastefulness and glaze of politesse — feels far too comfortably of this world to mount a critique of it.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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