RogerEbert.com by Sheila O'Malley
Just the Two of Us is not clever, self-important, or stylistically overt. This is a story, well told.
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Director
Valérie Donzelli
Cast
Virginie Efira,
Melvil Poupaud,
Dominique Reymond,
Romane Bohringer,
Virginie Ledoyen,
Zoé Lenoir
Genre
Drama,
Romance
When Blanche meets Grégoire, she falls in love with him, believing he’s “the one.” They get married and move away together, isolating Blanche from her family and former life. She slowly realizes that she hasn’t fallen into her dream life, but the trap of a dangerous and possessive man.
RogerEbert.com by Sheila O'Malley
Just the Two of Us is not clever, self-important, or stylistically overt. This is a story, well told.
Film Threat by Sumner Forbes
Just the Two of Us won’t win any points for originality (it seems that stories like this are the all the rage on streamers), but it works as a well-constructed drama that checks the boxes of what people watching it want — an intense tale of conflict with two hot people. In that regard, we can definitely count this as a success.
Wall Street Journal by Zachary Barnes
The drama is by turns rushed and overplayed, but it has a haunting core and moments of slippery, surprising cinematic style that make the movie linger in the mind, if only for a little while
Variety by Guy Lodge
Even as it dabbles in genre tropes, the film presents an all-too-unremarkable reality for many women.
Screen Daily by Staff (Not Credited)
This is a solid and often uncomfortably tense domestic drama.
IndieWire by Christian Zilko
Just the Two of Us is a rare thriller whose setup is more compelling than its climax.
The Film Stage by Jordan Raup
While Donzelli’s latest feature is a well-acted, stifling study of domestic violence, one wishes there was more to take away than a schematic lesson in the horrors of abuse.
Movie Nation by Roger Moore
Just the Two of Us seems pre-ordained and predigested, with every emotion tugged at and every “trigger” and behavioral “tell” underlined so as to remove any doubt about what’s going on, who is the victim and who is to blame.
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