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helder f @uniquecliches Nov 17, 2024 This movie has a nice story, and good acting. I have found it too slow to start. Over forty five minutes to set the main story is too much. We could easily edit the first 45 minutes into 15 without losing anything substantial. The last 30 minutes are entertaining though. Some scenes are just too loud! There’s only so much office noise one can hear in 30 minutes... The two main characters are very odd and aren’t very likable characters to a point that their fate is not of much importance. In fact the movie just became of some interest to me in that I was interested to see the outcome of their theft. The whole notion that they have a great chemistry and sexual tension must be subjective… because I definitely didn't see it. Except for maybe the last couple of scenes. The only character I found likable was the parole officer -whose story escaped me. I had to fast forward through some of the long winded and repetitive scenes. See more Hagatha P @RT02256644 Nov 6, 2024 Omigod sooooo sexy! Vincent Cassel is the best thing since Depardieu played Loulou in a scruffy leather jacket, an amazing jolie laide face of angles and mystery. A bit too violent for my taste, but the last scenes are so breathtakingly erotic, I gotta say five stars, hallelujah! See more nefasto r @Nefasto Dec 6, 2019 Good Romance / Thriller story. I particularly liked the two characters, and that is why I preferred the first part of the film, the introduction part, to the second part, with more action and less charm. See more Dec 8, 2016 I feel like all these kinda french quasi-thrillers are overrated, but they aren't bad by any means. They're just way overrated. They almost always have pacing problems and story problems. But they're well-acted and do enough clever things. Anyway, see it. It's good. See more Jan 11, 2015 Surprising and refreshing. See more Jan 11, 2015 Carla is a deaf secretary in a property firm. Overworked and bullied by her male colleagues, she is asked to take on an assistant to help with her workload. Carla is insulted, but agrees and employs ex-con Paul. He's inexperienced, knowing only the life of a petty criminal, but Carla covers for him and gets him a place to stay away from the hostel he has been placed in. In exchange for her kindness, Paul agrees to help Carla gain revenge on her male bullies, progressing her career and status in the company. When it comes time to repay the debt, Carla is dragged into the criminal underworld where she joins forces with Paul to rob a local loan shark. This is a clever character study of two very different people thrown together and how they react with each other. Emmanuelle Devos gives a great performance and subtly conveys Carla's outsider status. Great sound design showing her audio perspective as she tunes in and out of the real world. Cassel shows Paul to be the chancer he is belying confidence and machismo. Once again a great twisting tale from Jacques Audiard directing a film that shifts from one theme to another quite seamlessly. One minute corporate espionage, next a romance, next a heist film. With this many facets, it would be easy for the film to get lost in identity, but it never does thanks to the intriguing leads. Encore bravo Jacques. Yet to find a film of his I don't like. See more Read all reviews

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