Belle de Jour Reviews

I found the story unbelievable and very dated.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4

The director may have been ahead of his time, but he displays no more compassion for his characters than a psycho killer shows for his victims.

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| Original Score: 4/5

It is possibly the best-known erotic film of modern times, perhaps the best.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4

Much of the film works because of the capable acting of Deneuve.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

Classic erotic satire.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

...is a fascinating cinematic achievement that dares to connect Deneuve's porcelain beauty to a world of bourgeois rebellion.

Full Review | Original Score: A+

Any number of conclusions may be drawn as to the purpose of the film, and they'd all be correct. The mark of a classic.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4

A true classic worthy of its highest praises.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5

Something that keeps us on our toes in Belle de Jour comes from Luis Buñuel's refusal to spell out what is real and what is not. Must this be so clear to us when the fantasy life of Séverine means so much to her?

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

a fascination in the brilliance of its knowing detail about sexual attraction/revulsion, about the subtleties of desire

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A surprisingly discreet film considering the erotic nature of the subject matter.

Full Review | Original Score: A-

Luis Bunuel's cheerfully brazen satire of sexual repression, social decorum, and erotic fantasies is in the running for Bunuel's kinkiest film, and that's saying a lot.

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A quarter of a century after it was made and a decade after Bunuel's death, Belle de Jour continues to baffle and beguile. And seduce.

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This silly little masterpiece regards Deneuve as the goddess of light she really was -- a figment of our collective appetite for the unreal.

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A delicacy, a passionate and compassionate study of erotica.

Full Review | Original Score: A-

A delightful puzzle, and [Catherine] Deneuve's finest hour-and-a-half.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

But beyond the artistry, this film stands as the most accessible of Buñuel's work.

Full Review | Original Score: A

Belle de Jour is a definitive statement on eroticism, and a deeply personal experience.

Full Review | Original Score: A-

I have seen few, if any, films that portray the inner struggles of a modern woman so honestly and beautifully.

Full Review | Original Score: 92/100

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