A creepy look at the borderline personalities on both sides of the line between celebrity and citizen.
Comment
11/22/06
Backstage (2006)
70
%
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work 
Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:14
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6.2/10
Theatrical Release:Nov 22, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: Isild Le Besco plays a starstruck teenage girl in this dramatic exploration of celebrity. When pop star Lauren Waks (Emmanuelle Seigner, BUDDY BOY) shows up on the doorstep of Lucie's (Le Besco)... [More]
Starring: Emmanuelle Seigner, Islid Le Besco, Noemie Lvovsky, Valery Zeitoun
Director: Emmaneulle Bercot
Get This Movie
Reviews for Backstage
1 - 20 (sorted by critic A-Z)
Backstage at times has an operatic emotional intensity that will turn off some viewers but provide a guilty pleasure for others.
09/22/05
Top CriticThe real fun of the piece, however, is Seigner, who plays the downhill diva to the hilt, throwing cell phones and tantrums that would put Naomi Campbell to shame.
11/22/06
An enjoyably overwrought meditation on the consequences of celebrity and the vicissitudes of fandom.
12/14/06
Undeniably rousing... Seigner shows astonishing range... Even more tremendous is Le Besco, whose blank, teary-eyed gazes and guarded battles against her own immaturity feel painfully frank.
07/13/06
When Lauren (Emmanuelle Seigner) unwisely allows her biggest fan, Lucie (Isild Le Besco ), into her life, we know that little good can come of it.
11/23/06
Top CriticDirector Emmanuelle Bercot's film offers a fascinating account of how a vulnerable star might mistake fan worship for something real.
11/22/06
Top CriticMy problem is with Isild Le Besco: She tends to be a bit of a blank and doesn't project any sort of personality. Her blandness may seem appropriate for the roles in which she is cast, but when she is on screen, the movie comes to a dead halt.
01/11/07
Backstage doesn't really tell us much about the world of rock musicians, or the mental workings of their scariest fans.
03/08/07
Top CriticBackstage's main problem is [director] Bercot's insistence on pumping an essentially comic story full of existential dread.
12/02/06
Spine-tingling suspense comes from a young girl ... undeterred by a star's confession that she really can't offer any of the validation that her fans so desperately crave.
02/01/07
Depicting the thorny relationship shared by pop star and fan, Backstage radiates not the nostalgic sentimentality of Almost Famous but raw, pathetic, obsessive desperation.
11/21/06
A complex psychological thriller that serves as a modern-day, darker variation on All About Eve.
12/28/06
Top CriticThere's a pleasing tension in the air as their relationship comes to seem like something of a contest: With two women this needy, who will out-crazy the other?
11/24/06
Top CriticA weakly conceived drama with a central performance that serves as the final nail in the coffin.
02/10/07
Backstage reveals a tender, creepy transaction between idol and idolator.
02/02/07
Top CriticWhile le Besco and Seigner are always interesting, the familiar material isn't worth the detour.
12/01/06
Almost unnervingly feral in the same vein as actresses Samantha Morton or Sylvie Testud, [Isild] Le Besco's hysterically-pitched outbursts overpower everyone else onscreen, even Emmanuelle Seigner's boozy, uninhibited Lauren.
11/17/06
As megastar Lauren, Seigner (who also sings) is a plausibly charismatic mix of ego and neurosis, while de Besco is outstanding as teenager Lucie.
02/09/06
From that very first scene, which plays like a berserk fantasy erupting into the movie's 'reality,' I found Backstage almost impossible to believe.
02/01/07
Top Critic1 - 20 (sorted by critic A-Z)
Latest News for Backstage
November 28, 2006:
RTIndie: "Little Miss Sunshine," "Half Nelson" Lead Indie Spirit Award Noms
It's time again to celebrate the best that indie-land has to offer. The Spirit Award nominees are out, with "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Half Nelson" leading... More...
RT On Current TV
What’s Hot On RT
Fresh Links
Featured
MSN's Year in Review 
Take a look at MSN's choices for the Top 10 films of 2009.
Moviefone's Year End Movie Poll
What were your favorites? Least favorites? The funniest and scariest? Moviefone wants to know!
Tarantino's Characters
Hollywood.com explores why QT's characters resonate so well with audiences.
Top 10 Movies of 2009
TIME chimes in with their own list of the best films released this year.
Top 20 of the Decade
Click through to see which movies BuzzSugar placed in their Best-of-Decade list!
Promos
Follow RT on Twitter
Get the latest Tomatometer updates on upcoming movies!
IGN RSS Feeds