Simple Passion
Strand Releasing | Release Date: January 21, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
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Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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5
Negative:
1
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80
Film ThreatKyle BainMar 28, 2022
Yes, there is a lack of real substance throughout Simple Passion, but the sex manages to fill that void to a degree and keep the film afloat. Read full review
80
CineVueChristopher MachellFeb 11, 2021
In sensual romantic drama Simple Passion, Lebanese-born director Danielle Arbid captures viscerally that peculiar detachment that comes from romantic and sexual infatuation. Read full review
80
The TelegraphTim RobeyFeb 4, 2021
The film’s about a chapter we prefer to get out of the way in adolescence; revisited as this kind of helpless mid-life crisis, it’s exquisite torture. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJan 25, 2022
Fortunately, Arbid didn’t want to make a movie about crazy people or about people going crazy, so she pursued a third option: She made the woman interesting. So “Simple Passion” is a movie about something that, sooner or later, happens to lots of people, but the fun of this story is that it happens to someone we want to watch. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireJan 21, 2022
While Dosch’s work is ever-changing but always accessible, Polunin never comes close to matching her acting ability, which ultimately leaves “Simple Passion” lacking. Read full review
60
EmpireSophie Monks KaufmanFeb 4, 2021
Although the pleasures of the flesh are shown with enough erotic power to convince us of Hélène's addiction to them, the anonymity of the lead characters stops the film from truly gripping.  Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawFeb 4, 2021
Dosch brings a wonderful humanity and sensitivity to the role. Read full review
60
VarietyGuy LodgeJan 17, 2021
An imperfect but glassily compelling study of obsessive, finally debilitating desire that honors its source with an unblinking female gaze. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshJan 27, 2022
There is potential to say so much more about sex, love, partnership, feminism and shifting sexual mores across cultures, but Simple Passion lets the bodies do the talking, and after a while, they run out of things to say. Read full review
40
The New York TimesGlenn KennyJan 20, 2022
While keeping a stalwart female perspective, Simple Passion follows an arc so standard it could be called banal. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineDiego SemereneJan 19, 2022
The film makes no attempt to embody the themes that form the core of Annie Ernaux’s story in its aesthetics. Read full review
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