La Moustache (2005)
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Reviews Counted: 41
Fresh: 35 | Rotten: 6
Though the premise may be modest on the surface, Carrere uses a man and his mustache that may or may not exist as a springboard into psychological suspense and unsettling questions.
Average Rating: 7.4/10
Critic Reviews: 19
Fresh: 17 | Rotten: 2
Though the premise may be modest on the surface, Carrere uses a man and his mustache that may or may not exist as a springboard into psychological suspense and unsettling questions.
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"What would you think if I shaved my moustache?" asks Marc (Vincent Lindon) of his wife, Agnès (Emmanuelle Devos), one fateful night as they prepare to visit friends for dinner. She's never seen him without it, but while she goes to do some last-minute shopping, he impulsively shaves the moustache off. Thus begins a tragic odyssey that leads Marc to question every relationship in his life, and even his own identity. Marc's journey into darkness begins when Agnès returns home. At first, he
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What the movie lacks visually, it makes up for with the performances, especially by Lindon, who leads us on a journey we want to stick with even if we can't fully understand.
Top CriticIn one sense it's what might be called 'typically French,' an exquisitely observed fable of bourgeois life that is mordant, witty and yet low-key. In another sense, it's what might be called 'nuts.'
A shuddery, enigmatic study in psychological suspense.
An absorbing riddle posed in cool, matter-of-fact tones.
I found it mesmerizing from beginning to end.
An intriguing study of identity, marriage and, perhaps, madness.
Those looking for a good thriller should be pleased enough and those seeking a serious art film will get plenty of philosophy with their pretty pictures.
Bristling with existential doubt and ennui . . . Carrère's half-nightmare, half-dream vision of one man's imprisonment in his own life remains satisfyingly unresolved and stubbornly unique.
Kafkaesque story of man who shaves trademark moustache. Afterwards everybody--wife included--insists that he has never had one!
A dizzying experiment, evocative and frustrating at the same time.
As with the recent French films Lemming and The Bridesmaid, La Moustache generates a high level of tension with the most mundane things.
A mind-bending treat adapted by director Emmanuel Carrère from his novel.
It's a brief, simple film that never overreaches but, if you're into it, it raises fascinating questions about identity.
As intelligently as Carrère handles this material, giving it just the right hint of distance and ambiguity, La Moustache tends to drift toward the mechanisms of the thriller.
The Hitchcock-style story...is intriguing from start to finish, despite the lack of answers to the many questions it raises. And, that ain't shabby.
...a movie about identity and marriage that raises many questions and supplies many answers without actually giving any.
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Foreign Titles
- The Moustache (La Moustache) (DE)
- The Moustache (La Moustache) (UK)
