Private Property
New Yorker Films | Release Date: May 18, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
An impeccably acted character drama revolving around a mother and her teenage twin sons, Private Property shows how strong and how terrifying the bonds within families can be. Directed by Belgium's Joachim Lafosse, it etches the line between love and hate with a savagery that is almost unprecedented. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
What draws us into Private Property is how so many things happen under the surface, never commented upon. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Like many French films of its kind, Private Property remains content to simply observe a situation without tidying up the narrative, which in this case leaves some big questions unanswered. But Lafosse knows that problems that beg for a resolution sometimes don't get one. Read full review
80
VarietyJay Weissberg
Boasting a script so clear and airtight that shrinks could use it for family therapy courses, the sole caveat is the unrelenting unpleasantness of the stronger-willed son. Read full review
80
The New York TimesManohla Dargis
Private Property embraces the banal and the monstrous, and affords Ms. Huppert opportunity to astonish rather than overwhelm. Read full review
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
Huppert is, as usual, superb, proving yet again that she is the finest actress working in France today. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Lafosse's razor sharp dissection of relationships strained to the breaking point is hypnotic in a road-accident kind of way. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneTasha Robinson
Lafosse's frustrating, yet beautifully elegiac coda emphasizes the point that his production and storytelling style have been making throughout: Private Property is about processes, not conclusions. Read full review
70
Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
Isabelle Huppert gets a respite from her usual ice queen roles with this shattering psychological drama about the danger of children staying too long in the nest. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Pascale is the movie’s most defined character, and its most repugnant. Whatever sympathy we can muster for her boils down to Huppert’s richly layered portrayal. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
The performances are impeccable, but while director Joachim Lafosse carefully creates an atmosphere of suffocating dread, he could have let a little more air into this simmering hothouse. Read full review
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