| 90 |
Los Angeles Times
This complex, sophisticated and increasingly suspenseful tale of love and betrayal, intrigue and redemption, is as elegant as its star and its settings.
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| 90 |
LA Weekly
It's all about having your intelligence -- emotional, spiritual, cerebral -- respected. Garcia does that; Place Vendôme does that.
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| 90 |
Variety
Staff (not credited)
Taut and nuanced from start to finish, with memorable, lived-in central characters and an appealingly melancholy tone, helmer/co-scripter Nicole Garcia’s third feature has what it takes.
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| 88 |
Chicago Sun-Times
This human level is always there beneath the thriller elements. The screenplay takes care to bring the crime story and the personal histories together, so that even the crossed lines of romance work as plot points, not just sentiment.
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| 83 |
Portland Oregonian
Long and slow, granted, but it's so peppered with moments of realism and nuanced craft that it continually rewards careful viewing.
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| 80 |
Chicago Reader
May have some of the trappings of an exotic thriller, but it's basically a character study.
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| 80 |
Film.com
Fascinating noir, which will long be remembered for its extraordinary lead performance by Catherine Deneuve.
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| 75 |
Boston Globe
It's rare that a crime movie achieves such emotional complexity, but this one is smartly layered.
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| 75 |
San Francisco Examiner
Overall a well-played chess match of a movie.
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| 75 |
Philadelphia Inquirer
A slow and knotted-up film, but one imbued with a keen sense of what motivates people beyond mere avarice.
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| 75 |
San Francisco Chronicle
Consistently absorbing as the amazing Deneuve reveals, scene by scene, new facets of a fascinating character in a mercantile war that involves equal parts greed and vanity.
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| 75 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Garcia's dialogue is wonderfully crafted, short, sharp and resonant, and her elegant direction is delicate and handsome.
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| 75 |
Chicago Tribune
This is a quiet thriller and a middle-aged romance, and it's full of desperation and oozing anxiety.
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| 70 |
TV Guide
Deneuve has never been better.
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| 70 |
Village Voice
Inept as a thriller, Place Vendôme nevertheless intrigues.
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| 70 |
The New York Times
In spite of its many flaws, the film never loses its focus on its fascinating central figure.
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| 67 |
Austin Chronicle
When Deneuve is not onscreen, the film is never denuff.
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| 38 |
New York Post
Heavy-handed, predictable and almost completely unbelievable.
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