Irma Vep (1996)
91 %
Reviews Counted: 34 Fresh: 31 Rotten:3 Average Rating: 7.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Synopsis: Hong Kong diva Cheung stars as herself, having been cast on a director's whim as the slinky, cat-burgling heroine of a remake of the vintage French serial "Les Vampires." Once in Paris, Cheung encounters countless culture clashes, as well as set-related mishaps that echo Truffaut's... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Richard, Antoine Basler, Alex Descas
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A wonderful tribute to filmmaking that could only be made in France, it has delightful performances and a low-budget style -- like the film it parodies -- which work beautifully.
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03/03/08
Irma Vep's director, Olivier Assayas, evinces a love of the process that's nearly as palpable as Truffaut's.
03/03/08
Top Critic
A delightfully nonchalant movie, complete with some nice satirical barbs aimed at contemporary French film culture, and fine performances throughout.
06/24/06
We just love to make movies about movies to deconstruct them, to see what's behind them.
03/29/04
Cheung, slinking around the corridors of her hotel in her sheath of shiny black latex to the dissonant chords of Sonic Youth, is an instant icon of everything cool.
07/30/03
Top Critic
One of the few movies about making movies that captures the kinetic madness of the process. Maggie Cheung, playing herself, floats like a bemused Buddha through the maelstrom, offering a welcome sense of grace and normalcy.
04/30/03
A sometimes scathing, sometimes goodnatured satire of the French film industry.
03/17/02
[It] seems to function as a cinematic state of affairs, examining the functions and motivations behind the movies we see.
03/05/02
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