False Confessions(Les Fausses confidences)

Paste Magazine by Andrew Crump

Isabelle Huppert walks on screen in Luc Bondy’s False Confessions intent, it seems, on reminding audiences that she can do anything, including turn a modern adaptation of outdated theater tropes into near-vital product.

Slant Magazine by Chuck Bowen

The film is a trim farce with no blood flowing under its skin, as it’s all construction, setup, and payoff.

The New York Times by Manohla Dargis

There is little to recommend here, even for Huppert completists who follow her anywhere.

Village Voice by Melissa Anderson

In Luc Bondy’s largely inert False Confessions, the tedium is broken by the [Isabelle Huppert's] outfits, and by the way she moves in them.

San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle

False Confessions can be admired for its high style and distinct tone, but if you really want to enjoy it, you’ll have to force yourself.

RogerEbert.com by Peter Sobczynski

Huppert is still there plugging away in every scene. To the extent that False Confessions does intermittently succeed, it is due almost entirely to her efforts.

TheWrap by Robert Abele

Unfortunately, to follow these characters around is to experience not great theater, nor rich cinema, nor architectural wonder, but rather the itch of the restless spectator.

Los Angeles Times by Sheri Linden

Despite a few playful flourishes, filmmaker Luc Bondy’s experiment in artifice never takes flight.