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  • 2004
  • R
  • Paramount Classics
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2004
  • R
  • Paramount Classics
  • 1 h 44 m

Summary 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)

Directed By: Patrice Leconte

Written By: Jérôme Tonnerre, Patrice Leconte

  • 2004
  • R
  • Paramount Classics
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2004
  • R
  • Paramount Classics
  • 1 h 44 m

Intimate Strangers

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
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Summary 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)

Directed By: Patrice Leconte

Written By: Jérôme Tonnerre, Patrice Leconte

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Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
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79% Positive
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21% Mixed
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100
At age 37, she's (Bonnaire) developed into a consummate film actress and a unique star whose enigmatic persona has never had a more exhilarating showcase.
By William Arnold FULL REVIEW
88
We find we cannot take anything for face value in this story, that the motives of this woman and her husband are so deeply masked that even at the end of the film we are still uncertain about exactly what to believe, and why.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
80
The film insightfully probes into the things that are said and the intense feelings that are merely implied, buzzing at a low level just beneath the surface.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
70
It's at once too restrained and too perversely funny to have emanated from the play-it-big-but-play-it-safe sensibilities of Hollywood, U.S.A.
By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW
67
The result is a handsome, intelligent film that feels as restrained as its protagonist -- a comic premise without many laughs, a thriller without many thrills.
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50
To borrow a phrase from Pauline Kael, Intimate Strangers suggests bits of Alfred Hitchcock and bits of Woody Allen. But the wrong bits.
By Charles Taylor FULL REVIEW
50
The film does get claustrophobic. It never quite achieves the balance between a two-character study and a larger world, as did "The Man on the Train." The film also could do with a bit more humor, most of which is supplied by the sagacious shrink.
By Kirk Honeycutt FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Les Films Alain Sarde, France 3 Cinéma, Zoulou Films, Assise Productions
Release Date Jul 30, 2004
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating R
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Tagline She confused him for a therapist and told him her deepest secrets. Now, two people who never should have met are discovering there's nothing more seductive than the truth.
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Awards

Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
European Film Awards
• 1 Nomination
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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