Gabrielle

The Hollywood Reporter by

Gabrielle inspires mixed feelings; it is dialogue heavy but a treat for the eye.

Salon by Andrew O'Hehir

A haunting and riveting work, unlike anything else you can see at the movies and as such an explicit challenge to the unambitious, anesthetic character of most contemporary cinema. But is it easy, or delightful, or fun? It is not.

Village Voice by Dennis Lim

At once robust and ethereal, this is an existential ghost story, with fresh blood pulsing through its veins.

Variety by Derek Elley

Though it won't appeal to everyone, the concoction actually works, thanks to Huppert and Greggory's powerful negative chemistry.

New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman

Chereau keeps us locked inside their suffocatingly unhappy home, making for an intensely theatrical chamber piece.

Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum

Greggory anchors Gabrielle in manly bewilderment and rage, while Huppert claws the title character's way to self-awareness.

New York Post by Lou Lumenick

A chilly, pretentious and talky drama.

The New York Times by Manohla Dargis

Together with his extraordinary performers, Mr. Chéreau breathes life into characters who long ago set a course for death.

The A.V. Club by Scott Tobias

In Chéreau's hands, Gabrielle has an operatic quality that throws the repressive environment into sharp relief; the film works like a pressure cooker, seething with bottled passions that intermittently burst through with startling cruelty and violence.