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The Bridesmaid (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 40 Fresh: 36  Rotten:4 Average Rating: 7.2/10
 
Consensus: Chabrol has crafted another sophisticated, unsettling thriller about sinister doings among the bourgeoisie.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins

Theatrical Release: Aug 4, 2006 Limited

Synopsis: Based on Ruth Rendell's psychologically sharp novel, this film from French auteur Claude Chabrol tells the unsettling story of Philippe (Benoit Magimel), a young man who falls hard for his sister's beautiful but extremely unstable bridesmaid Senta (Laura Smet).... Based on Ruth Rendell's psychologically sharp novel, this film from French auteur Claude Chabrol tells the unsettling story of Philippe (Benoit Magimel), a young man who falls hard for his sister's beautiful but extremely unstable bridesmaid Senta (Laura Smet). [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Benoit Magimel, Laura Smet, Aurore Clement, Michael Duchaussoy

Director: Claude Chabrol

DVD Info

Release:

Mar 20, 2007

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DVD Features:

Audio:

  • (unspecified) - French
  • Subtitles - English - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Featurette - "Chabrol Directs"
  • Interview - Claude Chabrol

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Stills/Photos

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04/25/07
Maria Garcia
Film Journal International
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3.5/4

It's fascinating to watch the level-headed Philip's descent into a relationship with a woman that he knows is insane.

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01/18/07
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
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4/4

An understated exercise in edge and intensity worthy of favorable comparison to Alfred Hitchcock. A neo-noir masterpiece!

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01/17/07
Kam Williams
NewsBlaze
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THE BRIDESMAID, shot by the gifted cinematographer Eduardo Serra, isn't on par with some of Chabrol's best work, it is very much in keeping with his themes.

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01/11/07
Ted Murphy
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3/4

...An adaptation of a Ruth Rendell novel that turns out to be a surprisingly good character piece, in addition to having the usual Chabrol qualities.

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12/15/06
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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3/5

Chabrol's film stands as a reminder of the madness that lurks in plain sight.

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12/14/06
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
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3.5/5

How does that saying go, 'Always a bridesmaid, never a convicted felon?' Okay, maybe that's not quite right, but it is intriguing and so is this movie.

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11/28/06
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com
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Chabrol arranges his story with a subtle, almost clinical accumulation. And it takes close attention to the movie's seemingly innocuous details to understand his deeper purposes.

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11/16/06
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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3/4

Entering his sixth decade, Chabrol remains a master inspector of the criminal heart of the French bourgeoisie.

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11/10/06
Bill Stamets
Chicago Sun-Times
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3.5/4

A superbly unsettling crime drama about a seemingly ordinary family, ravaged by passions that descend on them like a plague.

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11/09/06
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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8/10

[Claude Chabrol] may be in the ranks of senior citizens (he's 76 this year) but he's lost none of his youthful audacity and innovation.

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10/28/06
Beth Accomando
KPBS.org
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3.5/4

At age 76 with 54 films to his credit, Chabrol can do little wrong and pretty much whatever he likes.

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10/27/06
Ted Fry
Seattle Times
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3/4

Well-made and containing a healthy sense of humor, The Bridesmaid is a reminder that most of the time less is more.

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10/27/06
Paul Doro
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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B-

Chabrol's... gift is making the audience believe that emotion and obsession trump logic for these deluded characters.

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10/26/06
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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3/4

France's Claude Chabrol, venerable (76) chessman of suspenseful bourgeois rot, moves his pawns superbly again, though we see the checkmate coming.

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09/29/06
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune
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3.5/4

Grips you from beginning to end.

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09/22/06
Marta Barber
Miami Herald
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3/4

The film reveals its secrets slowly, and Chabrol tightens the screws not according to the rules of Hollywood suspense but with a cool, level gaze.

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09/22/06
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
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