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Intimate Strangers
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MPAA RATING: R for sexual dialogue
Starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Fabrice Luchini, Michel Duchaussoy, Anne Brochet, Gilbert Melki, Laurent Gamelon, Hélène Surgère, and Urbain Cancelier
In this provocative love story masked in the guise of a suspense thriller, a beautiful Parisian woman opens the wrong door and steps into a dizzying psychological mystery that will forever change two lives. (Paramount Classics)
| GENRE(S): | Comedy | Drama | Foreign |
| WRITTEN BY: | Jérôme Tonnerre |
| DIRECTED BY: | Patrice Leconte |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: December 28, 2004 Video: December 28, 2004 Theatrical: July 30, 2004 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 104 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | France |
| LANGUAGE(S): | French (with English subtitles) |
Original title "Confidences Trop Intimes"; Nominated, Golden Berlin Bear, 2004 Berlin International Film Festival
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The average user rating for this movie is 7.7 (out of 10) based on 8 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Katy M. gave it a10:
Just wonderful. Fabrice Luchini should get best actor award.
Vince H. gave it a 6:
Patrice Leconte has been making his distinct brand of sensitive and low-key dramas/comedies for the past 15 or so years. Unfortunately only Roger Ebert seems to be the only major critic who is a big fan, and rags like The Village Voice & Chicago Reader seem to find these "bland, talky chamber films", I for the most part enjoy them and revel in the excellent acting (no matter which way you slice it, Leconte is an excellent director of actors) and the beautiful photography. Yes this is minor Leconte (his 2002 masterpiece Man on the Train remains his best film), but I would still recommend this to any fans of Claude Chabrol or Andre Techine, or French films in general. Hopefully us Leconte fans will get a chance to see his still unreleased-in-America musical/documentary Dogora.
chief276 gave it a 3:
Far-fetched premise developed with calculation rather than imagination. Actors make it work, though.
Chad S. gave it an 8:
When "Intimate Strangers" is over, and there is neither a payoff for the Hitchcockian or film noir elements, you realize that the film itself was a red herring. Anna's cigarettes reflect France's laxer guidelines for indoor smoking since the film noir premise is deliberately tossed away. Alongside the film noir plot that never materializes, there's the "Rear Window" references that Leconte obliquely sidesteps. At a crucial moment, meant to mirror Grace Kelly's crossing over into Jimmy Stewart's public mis-en-scene, you'll think your projectionist made a mistake with the reel. But how can there be a climax if "Intimate Strangers" isn't a thriller? As for Anna (Sandrine Bonnaire), her marital situation bears more than a passing resemblance to Bess' in "Breaking the Waves", which leads me to conclude, that she is more nutcase than femme fatale. "Intimate Strangers" is cerebral, silly, and distinctly French.
Yasmine G. gave it a 9:
Fabulous, sexy and intellectual.

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