The film’s cerebral affectations unravel because neither one is ultimately able to carry the film’s disjointed plot.
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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.
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... [More]
Starring: Ludivine Sagnier, Benoit Magimel, François Berléand, Valeria Cavalli
Director: Claude Chabrol
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Reviews for A Girl Cut in Two
Heavy-handed French drama is a clumsy affair.
05/22/09
Although a minor work by Chabrol, it would be a major work by most directors, and one that's still fascinating even in its flaws.
09/18/08
Top CriticClaude Chabrol's newest foray into darkness and bad behavior emerges as less of a murder or suspense story and more of a black comedy.
06/09/08
Under the cool tone is a devastating portrait of an unapologetically sexual woman treated more as an object than a person.
10/02/08
a tasty cocktail of romance and jealousy
08/14/08
... a deeply cynical film that makes no pretense about the status of women in society.
09/18/08
Too cold and cynical to be truly enjoyed but the old dog still has a few new tricks up his sleeve.
05/22/09
Chabrol may be one of the great survivors of the New Wave, but this is an old man’s film.
05/22/09
With elegance and despatch, veteran new wave master Claude Chabrol has brought off his most enjoyable film for some time.
05/22/09
A fine character study with some exceptional performances...but there's no getting around the fact that it's a saggy affair in places.
09/22/08
An exploration by French director Claude Chabrol of the illusions of love in the magical worlds of publishing, the media and old money.
07/16/08
Chabrol keeps such rigid formal control of the material that it feels more momentous than such a tawdry tale has any right to.
10/28/08
At age 78, director Claude Chabrol is more than capable of giving us a completely realized world.
10/17/08
It's a very long way to go for a punch line, but Claude Chabrol fearlessly meanders along for the two hours it takes him to get there
09/04/08
The film intrigues throughout, although suffers from an opaque performance from Sagnier and a capper of such literal symbolism it blunts what came before it.
07/01/08
Still, watching a Claude Chabrol film is watching a master at work and this is an example of such.
07/11/08
Chabrol is a past master at visual storytelling and a stiletto wit.
10/02/08
Top CriticPatronising, 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.
05/22/09
A Girl Cut in Two is a rich, textured divertissement from Claude Chabrol, a sinister master of the art.
08/18/08
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