Certainly, The Bridesmaid is the most compelling film I have seen this year since Jean-Pierre Melville’s Army of Shadows.
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08/09/06
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The Bridesmaid (2006)
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Reviews Counted:42
Fresh:38
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.2/10
Consensus: Chabrol has crafted another sophisticated, unsettling thriller about sinister doings among the bourgeoisie.
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... [More]
Starring: Benoit Magimel, Laura Smet, Aurore Clement, Michael Duchaussoy
Director: Claude Chabrol
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Reviews for The Bridesmaid
Top Critic[Chabrol] deliberately uses ambiguity which draws the viewer into considering the psychological complexities of the characters. He never patronizes his audience by spelling out and laboring the obvious.
08/10/06
[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.
10/28/06
Entering his sixth decade, Chabrol remains a master inspector of the criminal heart of the French bourgeoisie.
11/10/06
If you can get past predictable plotting and at least one too-obvious performance, The Bridesmaid offers some delectable arias of resentment and willing self-delusion.
09/08/06
People who like their mysteries to remain just that (and who have a patient nature to boot) could enjoy La demoiselle d'honneur as a minor entry in Chabrol's notoriously uneven filmography.
08/10/06
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.
11/28/06
...a placid and creepy work, with hints of Hitchcock proliferating.
08/07/06
France's Claude Chabrol, venerable (76) chessman of suspenseful bourgeois rot, moves his pawns superbly again, though we see the checkmate coming.
09/29/06
When the master of French thrillers Claude Chabrol meets the mistress of English suspense fiction Ruth Rendell, the result is a potent if very classic blend.
06/08/06
A compelling watch.
02/20/09
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.
11/16/06
Top CriticChabrol's scrutiny of human behavior is remarkable for its laidback intensity and absence of finger-wagging.
07/13/06
A warm cup of milk spiked with acid
08/30/09
Claude Chabrol forgoes suspense to peer into the minds of two people overcome with passion for each other.
07/12/06
Smet, the 22-year-old daughter of Nathalie Baye and French musician Johnny Hallyday, has a hauntingly beautiful face and carries Senta's enigmatic nature well.
08/04/06
Top Critic...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.
12/15/06
Chabrol's best new film in years.
08/10/06
An understated exercise in edge and intensity worthy of favorable comparison to Alfred Hitchcock. A neo-noir masterpiece!
01/17/07
It uses the extraordinary craft Chabrol has acquired over the decades to insinuate itself inside our psyches in unexpected and potent ways.
09/08/06
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