Elle
2016, drama, suspense
131 minutes
When Michèle, the CEO of a gaming software company, is attacked in her home by an unknown assailant, she refuses to let it alter her precisely ordered life. She manages crises involving family, all the while becoming engaged in a game of cat and mouse...
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10
Evan Popplestone of Cinema's Fringes
2017-03-11
A truly memorable piece of cinema and is bound to be a subject for extended cineaste discussion for many years to come.
10
2017-03-05
In its surreal combination of rape/revenge thriller, relationship comedy and feminist drama, Verhoeven has created something truly unique. Read more
10
2016-09-08
Isabelle Huppert brings the best of Michèle Leblanc you could possibly imagine. Read more
9.1
2016-12-24
Presents a complex and unique understanding of the human psyche post-trauma. Read more
8.0
2017-03-26
The performances, atmosphere, narrative and characters are all very engaging... Read more
8.0
2017-02-19
A sensual ballad of visceral sex and dysfunctional relationships, elegant in its eccentricity and deliciously repulsive in its pathology. Read more
8.0
2016-12-11
Verhoeven has to be congratulated for the cinematic version of this compelling character study... Read more
8.0
2016-11-13
Pushes back the cultural envelope that has kept women’s sexuality on a pedestal. Read more
7.5
David Whitley of DoubleFeaturePreachers
2017-02-20
A choreographed ending can’t spoil a performance by Isabelle Huppert, in one of the strangest movies I’ve watched in a while.
7.0
Rob Wallis of Of All The Film Sites
2017-03-20
A character study of this deeply fashionable woman, smiling thinly despite her trauma...
7.0
2017-02-05
A film that skates the fine line between gut-churning tragedy and vulgar absurdity... Read more
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10
2016-01-12
Elke scheidslijn tussen goed en kwaad, dader en slachtoffer vervaagt... Read more
9.0
2016-10-16
Profiteert van een uitblinkende Huppert en van Verhoeven in topvorm... Read more
8.5
2016-06-17
Een thriller die grenzen opzoekt, er langs schraapt, maar volledig geloofwaardig blijft... Read more
8.1
Tim Geurts of Filmmad
2016-06-09
Het belet Verhoeven gelukkig niet om van Elle zijn beste film in dik twintig jaar te maken.
7.5
2017-06-16
Elle kan erg heftig zijn, maar vertelt ook een eerlijk verhaal over een ambigue persoon. Read more
7.0
2017-05-14
Middelmaat, al snappen we dat veel mensen deze film kunnen waarderen, want nogmaals, bijzonder is hij wel. Read more
7.0
of Blik Op Film
2017-02-18
Een minutieus gemaakte psychothriller waarin Huppert, vloeiend schakelend tussen een rits aan subpersonen, het stralende middelpunt is. Read more
7.0
Marleen Hegeman of De Filmrecensent
2016-06-03
Een technische mooie film met een prachtige rol van Isabelle Huppert, maar het controversiële onderwerp houdt de kijker niet aldoor in zijn greep. Read more
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