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- 2000
- TV-MA
- Altered Innocence
- 1 h 36 m
- 2000
- TV-MA
- Altered Innocence
- 1 h 36 m
Summary A grisly story in which teenager Alice convinces her boyfriend Luc to kill the man who orchestrated her rape. The two become lost while disposing of the body in the woods and fall into the hands of a hermit who takes them captive.
Directed By: François Ozon
- 2000
- TV-MA
- Altered Innocence
- 1 h 36 m
- 2000
- TV-MA
- Altered Innocence
- 1 h 36 m
Les amants criminels
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Summary A grisly story in which teenager Alice convinces her boyfriend Luc to kill the man who orchestrated her rape. The two become lost while disposing of the body in the woods and fall into the hands of a hermit who takes them captive.
Directed By: François Ozon
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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46% Positive
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54% Mixed
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
59
46% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
54% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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In Criminal Lovers, the "Bonnie and Clyde" model of killing-as-erotica gets a shrewd, funny, decidedly French workout.
May be as gimmicky as Ozon's other features, but it's also more resonant and even haunting.
"Grimm's Fairy Tales" were pretty grim, but Criminal Lovers crosses the line and sexualizes your worst fears.
At once arch, derivative, and, in the end, bizarrely lyrical.
Imagine "Hansel and Gretel" by way of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."
Its eventual failure to make sense indicates that it's intended more as a surrealistic fable than an ordinary sex-and-violence adventure.
This remains the one and only fusion of ''Deliverance'' and ''Hansel and Gretel'' that I ever hope to see.
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Production Company
Fidélité Productions,
Arte France Cinéma,
StudioCanal,
Euro Space,
Canal+,
Studio Images 5,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
Release Date Jul 21, 2000
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating TV-MA
Tagline Their idea of foreplay was murder.
Awards
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
L.A. Outfest
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
