The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:21
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski, creator of the masterful THREE COLORS TRILOGY, presents this enigmatic, philosophical drama about duality in the modern world. Weronika (Irene Jacob), a young... [More]
Starring: Irčne Jacob, Sandrine Dumas, Aleksander Bardini, Louis Ducreux
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
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Reviews for The Double Life of Veronique
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 4/5 |
Haunting.
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90/100 |
Erotic and mystical, a wondrous search for transcendence. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
If Kieslowski's overarching metaphors about Weronika/Veronique seem strained, Jacob's sensuous and delicately nuanced performance will double your pleasure. Full Review |
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4/5 |
a film all about subjectivity Full Review |
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 2.5/4 |
Though pleasing to the eye, it's not everything we would have hoped for from Kieslowski. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Kieslowski's most lyrical and metaphsical film, with a haunting performance from Irene Jacob, is also one of his most bizarre and enigmatic works--by design. Full Review |
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We see through a glass darkly, and often confusingly, but at least we see. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Compelling, challenging and irresistibly beautiful, this delicate metaphysical masterpiece only emphasises how much cinema lost through Krzysztof Kieslowski's tragically early death. Full Review |
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3/5 |
If Double Life is arguably only half as rewarding as some of Kieslowski's other films, then it remains an indelible entry in an outstanding career. Full Review |
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B+ |
Satisfies as a study of spiritual unrest. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Haunting but slow
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A+ |
While this is the film that set the stage aesthetically for Kieslowski's masterful Three Colors trilogy, it is more mysterious than any of those films. Full Review |
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5/5 |
evanescent
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3.5/5 |
Don't even attempt to resolve that paradox, and The Double Life of Veronique will work on its own poetic terms. Full Review |
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