France · 2017
1h 25m
Director Luc Bondy
Starring Isabelle Huppert, Louis Garrel, Bulle Ogier, Yves Jacques
Genre Drama, Comedy, TV Movie
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Dorante, an impoverished young man, is taken on as a secretary by Araminte, a rich widow with whom he is secretly in love. As the valet of Araminte's home, Dubois, schemes to get Araminte to fall in love with Dorante, Araminte's mother has her own scheme: to get her daughter to marry a count.
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Confessions intent, it seems, on reminding audiences that she can do anything, including turn a modern adaptation of outdated theater tropes into near-vital product.
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.
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.
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