Love Crime
Sundance Selects | Release Date: September 2, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
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Generally favorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
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11
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10
Negative:
0
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100
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSep 8, 2011
The goal of this review - why not just say it? - is to disclose as little about the story as possible while instilling a ravenous and even rabid desire to see Love Crime immediately. Read full review
88
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaSep 22, 2011
Like some murderous version of "Working Girl," the ruthless exec and the seemingly naive underling go at one another - turning the film, at a pivotal moment, into a satisfying whodunit. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonSep 1, 2011
A delicious thriller that gets under the skin à la "All About Eve," albeit with a twist: The craft here is still theater, but of the workplace rather than the stage. Read full review
75
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanOct 6, 2011
The movie is called Love Crime. But its hidden message has more to do with business than with passion. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Especially one in a power suit, who knows how to work a room. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsSep 22, 2011
Scott Thomas can play these sorts of ice queens in her sleep, but I've long thought she's a more effective and nuanced performer in French-language projects than in English-language ones. The performance is laced with just enough wit to make it sting. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertSep 21, 2011
One of the pleasures is watching the gears mesh. The screenplay has been written by Corneau and Nathalie Carter with meticulous attention to detail. Like classic mystery authors, they play fair, so that the surprises at the end are consistent with what we've seen - although we didn't realize it at the time. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. MusettoSep 2, 2011
Brings to mind "Working Girl" and "The Devil Wears Prada" -- but it has delightful differences only the French could conjure up, plus a musical soundtrack from jazz saxophone great Pharoah Sanders. Read full review
70
VarietyJordan MintzerSep 2, 2011
Picture initially suggests a sort of Gallic "Damages," with Kristin Scott Thomas and Ludivine Sagnier in the Glenn Close and Rose Byrne roles, but the corporate catfight soon gives way to a cleverly designed whodunit. Read full review
70
MovielineAlison WillmoreSep 2, 2011
Despite this provocative introduction Love Crime isn't some Sapphic French answer to "Disclosure." Read full review
70
The New York TimesA.O. ScottSep 1, 2011
It is interesting and ingenious, even if some of the kinky, queasy fascination that had been so intoxicating in the earlier scenes ebbs away. Read full review
67
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerSep 10, 2011
It's all tease in the first half, and all implausibilities in the second. Still, Thomas is always worth watching, in French or in English, whether her mood be chilly or tropical. Read full review
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