It's a wholly amoral movie, but it's honestly amoral. And that's a relief for the audience.
Read My Lips(Sur mes lèvres)
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France · 2001
Rated R · 1h 55m
Director Jacques Audiard
Starring Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos, Olivier Gourmet, Olivier Perrier
Genre Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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She is almost deaf and she lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.
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Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
The first half is a well-acted psychological drama, but the second half is standard thriller fare with more action than insight.
New York Daily News by Jack Mathews
A gritty thriller on the theme of the con man conned. It works as well as it does thanks to a captivating lead performance by Emmanuelle Devos and the superb direction of Jacques Audiard.
Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern
Since you can't read my lips, read my words: See this movie.
Portland Oregonian by Kim Morgan
Though you get caught up in the criminal element (you really want these people to get away with it), you're also fascinated by who to trust. It's an unusual dance between the awkward and plain that becomes romantic and thrilling -- a subtly impressive feat to say the least.
Charlotte Observer by Lawrence Toppman
The two leads don't have sexual chemistry together, but that's part of the point.
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
Expertly sinister, office-as-devil's-playground French thriller.
Washington Post by Michael O'Sullivan
Fascinating and transgressive love story.
New York Magazine (Vulture) by Peter Rainer
Devos is especially fine as a woman whose inner solitude carries depth charges.
New Times (L.A.) by Robert Wilonsky
Audiard keeps things shaky, grim, claustrophobic, doomed. His film has the feel of documentary, as he follows Clara through the daily grind that pulverizes her. We're in her head, literally.
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