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  • 2001
  • Not Rated
  • Attitude Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2001
  • Not Rated
  • Attitude Films
  • 1 h 30 m
A Matter of Taste

Summary Nicolas, a handsome, young waiter, is befriended by Frédéric Delamont, a wealthy middle-aged businessman. Delamont, a man of power, influence and strictly refined tastes, is immediately smitten by Nicolas' charm. Lonely and phobic, Delamont offers Nicolas a lucrative job as his personal food taster. In spite of their differences, a clos...

Directed By: Bernard Rapp

Written By: Philippe Balland, Gilles Taurand, Bernard Rapp

  • 2001
  • Not Rated
  • Attitude Films
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2001
  • Not Rated
  • Attitude Films
  • 1 h 30 m

A Matter of Taste

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Summary Nicolas, a handsome, young waiter, is befriended by Frédéric Delamont, a wealthy middle-aged businessman. Delamont, a man of power, influence and strictly refined tastes, is immediately smitten by Nicolas' charm. Lonely and phobic, Delamont offers Nicolas a lucrative job as his personal food taster. In spite of their differences, a clos...

Directed By: Bernard Rapp

Written By: Philippe Balland, Gilles Taurand, Bernard Rapp

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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18% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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82% Positive
9 Reviews
18% Mixed
2 Reviews
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100
The writing, by Rapp and Catherine Dussart, is exquisite, and the performers, including Francois Truffaut's old colleague Jean-Pierre Leaud as a magistrate, are all first-rate.
By Edward Guthmann FULL REVIEW
83
Deliciously dark tale of insidious seduction.
By Sean Axmaker FULL REVIEW
80
This deliciously nasty French deconstruction of male pecking orders, directed by Bernard Rapp, should send a pleasant shiver down the spine of anyone who has ever obsessed about wanting to please a devious and manipulative boss.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
75
A Matter of Taste, French director Bernard Rapp's polished second film, swims in lies, ones that sate at first, but soon intoxicate, seduce, and drown.
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70
The two lead performances are so good it contains more emotional depth than it probably has a right to.
By Jean Oppenheimer FULL REVIEW
63
There are also food scenes that will whet your appetite. But somehow a satisfying climax never makes it out of the oven.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
50
A Matter of Taste's largest handicap is restraint: It's too tasteful. The climactic crisis is a broken leg, and the off-screen denouement is unimaginative.
By Michael Atkinson FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Canal+, Catherine Dussart Productions (CDP), Centre Européen Cinématographique Rhône-Alpes, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), France 3 Cinéma, La Sofica Gimages 2, Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep), Studio Images 6
Release Date Sep 7, 2001
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline Seduction comes in many forms...
Website http://www.AttitudeFilms.com/
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Awards

César Awards, France
• 5 Nominations
Cognac Festival du Film Policier
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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