Sure, the actors are beautiful, (so are the houses), but nothing draws you into the story -- even the scandals are talked about rather than depicted.
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10/10/03
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The Flower of Evil (2003)
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Reviews Counted:59
Fresh:38
Rotten:21
Average Rating:6.2/10
Theatrical Release:Oct 10, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: Claude Chabrol's 50th feature, THE FLOWER OF EVIL, feels like familiar territory for this New Wave master. A cryptic opening scene, in which the camera floats through abandoned rooms of the... [More]
Starring: Nathalie Baye, Benoit Magimel, Bernard Lecoq, Suzanne Flon
Director: Claude Chabrol
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11/29/03
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01/26/06
Although the acting is good, the plot lacks punch and the characters are difficult to empathise, or sympathise, with.
10/29/03
I would prefer to think of it as a masterly work of the artist's late period rather than as the tired product of his old age.
10/23/03
Top CriticThere is nothing wrong with the acting here nor with the film in general, other than the sense that Chabrol is doing good work in turf where he has already done great work.
10/17/03
So much of the plot is conveyed in subtitled dialogue and so little of the action takes place in scene that moviegoers will likely experience the tale secondhand.
10/23/03
[Not] a hint of suspense or even foreboding. Chabrol might as easily have been telling about a bridge tournament as about betrayal and murder.
11/14/03
The 73-year-old Chabrol has dashed off a near-abstract but infinitely intriguing formulation on guilt, recurrence and the perpetual present.
10/13/03
Top CriticMediocre melodrama - if you take away all the talk about incest, rape and murder there would be about ten minutes of door-to-door campaigning and a couple of dinner parties.
11/07/03
Flower toys with us, holding back information and hinting that there's more to the story than meets the eye.
11/21/03
A minor work from a major talent.
11/20/03
The film is a bore.
11/21/03
Chabrol's filmmaking has rarely seemed more assured, elegant, and intelligent.
10/09/03
An unsatisfying payoff.
06/09/04
Eminently watchable because of the care and precision Chabrol takes in the interaction among his characters.
10/24/03
Top CriticFlower may be Chabrol-lite, but the master's loyal fans will find this handsome production delicious.
10/11/03
The not-so-wicked melodramas that ensue bring to mind a tame revue of V.C. Andrews’ garden-themed Flowers in the Attic series.
09/25/03
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