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Red Lights(Feux rouges)

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France · 2004
1h 45m
Director Cédric Kahn
Starring Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Carole Bouquet, Vincent Deniard, Alain Dion
Genre Thriller, Mystery, Crime

A cross-country trip turns out to be a nightmare for a troubled couple.

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80

The Hollywood Reporter by

A classy and clever French thriller. Jean-Pierre Darroussin's performance as a browbeaten husband is entertaining, and Kahn's script brings wit and imagination to a straightforward story.

75

New York Daily News by Jami Bernard

The movie's clever ambiguity allows a number of interpretations. Perhaps it is all a dream, a parable, or a combination of wishful thinking and reality.

70

Chicago Reader by Jonathan Rosenbaum

Director Cedric Kahn, Laurence Ferreira Barbosa, and Gilles Marchand collaborated on the well-honed script, derived from a Georges Simenon novel. The film works well with quiet tensions, but becomes less convincing and interesting once it moves beyond them.

75

New York Post by Lou Lumenick

Somewhat leisurely paced, by American standards, especially in the beginning, but it's well worth sticking around for the payoff.

75

Chicago Tribune by Michael Wilmington

The sights, sounds and traffic in Red Lights are oppressively ordinary; the people are unnervingly real. That reality doubles the suspense we might feel in a more slickly made but thinly plotted thriller.

80

The A.V. Club by Scott Tobias

With ruthless efficiency and wit, Kahn ratchets up unbearable tension and releases it in startlingly visceral fashion, but his placid denouement is the most chilling scene of all.

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