Chabrol is a past master at visual storytelling and a stiletto wit.
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10/02/08
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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
Chabrol's fluid camera and less-is-more storytelling is thrillingly Hitchcockian, and his lack of judgment regarding the sexuality of his characters is refreshingly French.
09/23/08
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
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 CriticA cool study of erotic longing, misguided love and class warfare in the civilized spheres of French society, Claude Chabrol's A Girl Cut in Two, despite its high melodrama and wicked humor, delivers a real emotional wallop.
09/18/08
... a deeply cynical film that makes no pretense about the status of women in society.
09/18/08
Along the way, a powerful spectacle unfolds with serious class and feminist implications.
09/12/08
Top CriticNotice how nimbly Chabrol glides through his establishing scenes, and how adroitly he introduces other characters.
09/12/08
Top CriticClaude Chabrol shows he still has it as Ludivine Sangier shines as the girl in the middle aided by sparkling performances by Benoit Magimel and Francois Berleand.
09/07/08
Gabrielle is more than a girl cut in two by this ambience, she's pulled every which way, a situation that the director investigates with the subtlety and complexity only a lifetime behind the camera can provide.
09/05/08
Top CriticChabrol has always been more interested in sensibility than sense, in discourse on fashion and form than in the narrative possibilities of function, and on the rich hypocrisies of the wealthy.
09/05/08
Top CriticSex, murder, insanity, perversity -- A Girl Cut in Two has it all, yet it stands as a singularly classy and sophisticated drama.
09/04/08
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
This is one of Mr. Chabrol’s strangest films, but he still makes a ripple in his ocean.
08/27/08
Top CriticAs is nearly always the case with Chabrol, a special pleasure pervades the picture.
08/27/08
Top CriticIn A Girl Cut in Two, Sagnier is yummy as a local TV weathergirl caught between a womanizing older novelist (François Berléand) and a nouveau riche playboy (Magimel) used to getting his own way.
08/19/08
Top CriticNever more than semi-plausible.
08/18/08
Bordering on the surreal, Chabrol's latest film investigates conflicting desires in a woman in love. The old meets the new and the quandary remains unresolved.
08/18/08
A Girl Cut in Two is a rich, textured divertissement from Claude Chabrol, a sinister master of the art.
08/18/08
Chabrol was never as groundbreaking formally as his peers, but usually his films can be counted on for a craftsmen-like level of polish. Here, though, even that falters.
08/15/08
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