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Crossed Tracks(Roman de gare)

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France · 2007
1h 43m
Director Claude Lelouch
Starring Dominique Pinon, Audrey Dana, Fanny Ardant, Shaya Lelouch
Genre Drama, Thriller

Successful author Judith Ralitzer is brought in for questioning when police notice similarities between her stories and a string of real crimes. However, things only get more complicated when its revealed Judith used a ghost-writer, a man who has since disappeared.

Stream Crossed Tracks

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67

The A.V. Club by

Roman De Gare's neatest trick is Pinon's performance, which draws out a hitherto unseen leading-man allure.

70

The New York Times by A.O. Scott

A thriller, a murder mystery and a somewhat self-conscious literary puzzle. All of that is entertaining enough, if a bit preposterous and overdone, but the twists and convolutions of the film’s beginning and end enable a middle that is dizzying domestic comedy.

80

Chicago Reader by Andrea Gronvall

Slyly exploiting audience expectations and prejudices, Lelouch calls into question our very ways of seeing, even as he and his longtime writing partner, Pierre Uytterhoeven, craft an elegant meditation on loss and rebirth.

70

The New Yorker by Anthony Lane

The air of mystery here is appealing, because the secrets behind it seem to matter both a great deal and not at all--rather like love, which has been Lelouch’s subject ever since he made "A Man and a Woman."

88

ReelViews by James Berardinelli

Like nearly any thriller, no matter how intelligently and tightly plotted, it is possible to poke holes in its fabric. But, as it's unspooling in the theater, it makes for a wonderful movie house experience. Here's a sleeper worth a few extra miles' travel to see.

75

New York Post by V.A. Musetto

Roman de Gare translates as "station novel," a book you might pick up to read on a train journey and then discard when you arrive at your destination. Lelouch's film is the cinematic equivalent, enjoyable fluff that your mind will discard after the closing credits - but worth seeing nevertheless.

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