There is nothing [Huppert] can't do -- except save Promise from the valley of the shadow of bad French movie pretensions.
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07/02/04
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La Vie Promise
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:4
Rotten:6
Average Rating:5.3/10
Theatrical Release:Mar 5, 2004 Limited
Synopsis: Sylvia (Huppert) is a prostitute in Nice, with a self-protective talent for blocking out huge chunks of her past. When her 14-year-old daughter, Laurence (Maud Forget), skips out on foster care to... [More]
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Pascal Greggory, Maud Forget, Fabienne Babe
Director: Olivier Dahan
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Reviews for La Vie Promise
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Top CriticLike an old Hollywood star vehicle, this French import does its job, providing its lead actress with compelling emotional circumstances and its audience with arresting contexts through which to perceive her.
04/23/04
Top CriticIt all does come down to Huppert with this film, to the moods, emotional states and character moments she can create, to the delicate magic she can work on screen.
04/15/04
Top Critic[The film is] strongest when Huppert is plying her sordid trade, her face a cracking mask of emotional devastation.
03/18/04
Top CriticAn acting vehicle for the eternally sensual Isabelle Huppert.
03/11/04
Top CriticLacks much in the way of compelling narrative or credible characterizations, but it once again reaffirms Huppert's place in the pantheon of French film actors.
03/09/04
Top CriticPosh and overwrought tale of gorgeous scenery and mental illness.
03/09/04
Top CriticIsabelle Huppert is such a wonderful actress, it's a shame that her latest film to reach our shores, La Vie Promise, directed by Olivier Dahan, isn't better.
03/05/04
Top CriticHuppert is never less than fascinating.
03/05/04
Top CriticIsabelle Huppert, an actress incapable of making a mawkish gesture, fights tooth and nail to keep this soft-boiled story of an embittered prostitute from turning to mush.
03/04/04
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