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A Girl Cut in Two

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A Girl Cut in Two (2008)

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Reviews Counted:76

Fresh:56

Rotten:20

Average Rating:6.3/10

Consensus: Nouvelle Vague master Claude Chabrol balances subtle stabs of humor and biting class criticism to explore a love story and the seedier side of the haute bourgeois.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Aug 15, 2008 Limited

Synopsis: In A GIRL CUT IN TWO, Gabrielle Snow (Ludivine Sagnier) has an enviable choice: between two rich, handsome men who desire her. But in this thriller from prolific French director Claude Chabrol... In A GIRL CUT IN TWO, Gabrielle Snow (Ludivine Sagnier) has an enviable choice: between two rich, handsome men who desire her. But in this thriller from prolific French director Claude Chabrol (MERCI POUR LE CHOCOLAT), the decision isn't an easy one, and the results are far from romantic. Gabrielle meets the distinguished, married writer Charles Saint-Denis (François Berléand, THE TRANSPORTER) and is immediately captivated. At the same time, she encounters a spoiled heir, Paul (Benoît Magimel, THE PIANO TEACHER), who is equally taken with her. Gabrielle bounces between the two men until she finally makes a choice. But despite her fairy tale princess looks, there isn't a happy ending for Gabrielle. Chabrol has crafted a mature, sexy thriller. It's lacks a fast pace and a lot of skin, but there's plenty of tension throughout the film. The steam in A GIRL CUT IN TWO doesn't come from sexy love scenes--instead it's the potboiler plot that has each man providing a different brand of menace for Gabrielle. Though Gabrielle--like her suitors--isn't an especially likeable character, she's played with impressive skill by Sagnier. The young actress is one of France's biggest stars, and with good reason: she's worked with the country's most prominent directors, including Christophe Honoré, Claude Miller, and Yvan Attal, and she's done multiple films with François Ozon. Turning in a great performance for legendary director Chabrol here certainly won't hurt her standing at home or abroad. [More]

Starring: Ludivine Sagnier, Benoit Magimel, François Berléand, Valeria Cavalli

Starring: Ludivine Sagnier, Benoit Magimel, François Berléand, Valeria Cavalli, Mathilda May

Director: Claude Chabrol

Director: Claude Chabrol
Screenwriter: Cécile Maistre, Claude Chabrol
Producer: Patrick Godeau
Composer: Matthieu Chabrol
Studio: IFC Films

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It's not fresh material, but in the hands of a master like Chabrol it appears like a fresh breeze.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
07/28/09
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Talk is everything, with action hinted at the edges, as Chabrol's camera sidles off to look at a casually thrown book, or skates away from anything salacious.

Full Review Source: Eye for Film | comment Comment
07/01/09
Amber Wilkinson
Amber Wilkinson
Eye for Film

Though the performances are all first-rate, the film is let down by weak characterisation. Still, it’s enjoyable, if not exceptional.

Full Review Source: Sunday Times (UK) | comment Comment
05/28/09
Cosmo Landesman
Cosmo Landesman
Sunday Times (UK)

This description may make this movie sound much more interesting than it is.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
05/28/09
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

One’s final impression is that aging legends make unreliable puppet-masters. And that it’s all too easy for a desirable young actress to be left dangling in mid-air.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
05/22/09
Charlotte O'Sullivan
Charlotte O'Sullivan
This is London

The relationships are never completely convincing and there are too many unresolved questions to create an entirely satisfying tale.

Full Review Source: Daily Express | comment Comment
05/22/09
Allan Hunter
Allan Hunter
Daily Express

This is one of Chabrol’s most elegant, acerbic and heartfelt entertainments in years.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
05/22/09
Wally Hammond
Wally Hammond
Time Out

Too cold and cynical to be truly enjoyed but the old dog still has a few new tricks up his sleeve.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
05/22/09
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Channel 4 Film

The performances drip with cliché, while the narrative is all over the place: plot developments are either clumsily telegraphed or given the flimsiest of dramatic explanation.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
05/22/09
Ed Potton
Ed Potton
Times [UK]

With elegance and despatch, veteran new wave master Claude Chabrol has brought off his most enjoyable film for some time.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
05/22/09
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

Chabrol may be one of the great survivors of the New Wave, but this is an old man’s film.

Full Review Source: Little White Lies | comment Comment
05/22/09
Matt Bochenski
Matt Bochenski
Little White Lies

Patronising, unsexy, and heavy with the musty smell of a director past his sell-by-date, you're advised to cut this off at the ankles.

Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment Comment
05/22/09
Rob Daniel
Rob Daniel
Sky Movies

An elegant, darkly amusing effort that relishes taking digs at the middle-classes while leaving its characters’ supposedly perverse acts firmly to our imaginations.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
05/22/09
Tom Dawson
Tom Dawson
Total Film

Most people won't care enough about these people or believe in their relationships to sit out all 115 minutes of this icily mannered film that continually hints at darker, more subversive themes of sado-masochism than it dares to explore.

Full Review Source: Daily Mail [UK] | comment Comment
05/22/09
Christopher Tookey
Christopher Tookey
Daily Mail [UK]

Heavy-handed French drama is a clumsy affair.

Full Review Source: Sunday Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
05/22/09
Mark Adams
Mark Adams
Sunday Mirror [UK]

By the time the story springs to life and becomes the thriller, of sorts, that it seems set up to be, we have had to sit through 90-odd minutes of turgid melodrama.

Full Review Source: Financial Times | comment Comment
05/22/09
Karl French
Karl French
Financial Times

One keeps hoping that some of that sinister Chabrolian wit will enliven the film's smooth surface, but alas, it never does.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
05/22/09
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Independent

A pitch-black fusion of dark comedy, icy melodrama and satirical sideswipes at the class system, held together with an absorbing lead performance.

Full Review Source: Scotsman | comment Comment
05/22/09
Alistair Harkness
Alistair Harkness
Scotsman

Enjoyably dark, superbly acted French drama that proves veteran director Claude Chabrol hasn't lost his touch.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
05/21/09
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Peter Keough
Peter Keough
Boston Phoenix
 
 
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