Both Sides of the Blade

IFC Films | Release Date: July 8, 2022

6.7	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Ratings

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JLuis_001Dec 25, 2022

Love's fickleness is so extreme that the stability you may have fought for for years can be shattered in a second by a chance encounter that turns you into someone else.

This story may seem like a romance at first, but soon it becomes aLove's fickleness is so extreme that the stability you may have fought for for years can be shattered in a second by a chance encounter that turns you into someone else.

This story may seem like a romance at first, but soon it becomes a story whose language devolves into constant evasions and outright lies until it all comes out, and those moments are never tidy or pleasant.

The storytelling is not too clean and there is more than one occasion where it gives the feeling that the script is pushing towards melodrama, not so much to force the breakdown because you can see it coming, but to give a sense of gloom, which to some extent is understandable. Once the breaking point is reached, nothing is ever the same again and now we see how the masks fall.

Both Sides of the Blade is a film that relies entirely on the strength of its actors and their performances. A dialogue driven drama from beginning to end.
Juliette Binoche and Vincent Lindon do a more than excellent job and are the pillars of the story as they should be.
It may not be spectacular, but it is enjoyable, nonetheless.… Expand

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quentinmJul 19, 2022

Do not leave your seat before the credits are done. More is revealed as the credits scroll down! That said, this is a literary film, burrowing into its main character, Sara. You will ruin the pleasure of watching if you start judging her;Do not leave your seat before the credits are done. More is revealed as the credits scroll down! That said, this is a literary film, burrowing into its main character, Sara. You will ruin the pleasure of watching if you start judging her; best to try to understand what she is undergoing. The dialogue is often amazingly plausible. Binoche has the kind of beauty that compels one's unwavering attention. There is a lot of mystery in this film, which makes it both interesting and nettlesome, but definitely worth seeing.… Expand

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MickVVAug 3, 2022

Excellent adult drama that captures well the many vagaries of the human heart.

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Mauro_LanariFeb 12, 2023

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As states the title of the 2018 book by Christine Angot on which the film she co-wrote the screenplay is based, Binoche's Sara is at "Un tournant de la vie", a mid-life crisis [not really: protagonists are in their sixties but(Mauro Lanari)
As states the title of the 2018 book by Christine Angot on which the film she co-wrote the screenplay is based, Binoche's Sara is at "Un tournant de la vie", a mid-life crisis [not really: protagonists are in their sixties but they are keen to show themselves younger]. Undecided about everything, she will pay the consequences, a "Buridan's ass" with a foregone outcome. The baroque pop of Tinderstick creates a dark pall of incomprehensible dramatic tension which weighs down Claire Denis' work even more. Silver Bear for Best Director to a typical French story about an affective/love/sentimental/sexual mess. Menopause for all of them?… Expand

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