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.
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11/03/06
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La Moustache (2005)
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Reviews Counted:18
Fresh:16
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: 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.
Theatrical Release:May 24, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: One day, on a whim, Marc decides to shave off the mustache he's worn all of his adult life. He waits patiently for his wife's reaction, but neither she nor his friends seem to notice. Stranger... [More]
Starring: Emmanuelle Devos, Vincent Lindon, Hippolyte Girardot, Mathieu Amalric
Director: Emmanuel Carrere
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Reviews for La Moustache
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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.'
11/02/06
Top CriticA shuddery, enigmatic study in psychological suspense.
09/28/06
Top CriticAn absorbing riddle posed in cool, matter-of-fact tones.
09/28/06
Top CriticI found it mesmerizing from beginning to end.
09/22/06
Top CriticAn intriguing study of identity, marriage and, perhaps, madness.
09/01/06
Top CriticLeaps from a gripping identity thriller into a strange yet equally involving adventure about the bounds of self-knowledge and the incredible liberty of disregarding them.
08/25/06
Top CriticAn elegantly acted psychological puzzle, it's like watching a nervous breakdown from the inside out.
08/13/06
Top CriticSpins an agitated mystery well beyond its minimalist starting point, offering up giant questions about sanity and identity on its trip from the bathroom mirror.
08/04/06
Top CriticA deliciously unsettling, beautifully sustained enigma, a film of much beauty and flawless performances, especially from Vincent Lindon in one of his most demanding roles.
07/07/06
Top CriticWhat does it all mean? We are never quite sure. All we learn from this relentless saga of mental and physical solitude are the many varieties of suffering one can endure when one feels alone in the universe.
05/31/06
Top CriticThis narrative feature debut by Emmanuel Carrere, based on his own novel, is deliberately open-ended, but however one interprets the outcome, the film reminds us how fragile intimacy is.
05/31/06
Top CriticThe Moustache provides a feast of sustained tension.
05/31/06
Top CriticLa Moustache, the first feature by novelist Emmanuel Carrere, begins as a comedy, but grows darker and darker by the frame. It's like a Hitchcock thriller filtered through the mind of Austrian firebrand Michael Haneke, who gave us Cache.
05/26/06
Top CriticLa Moustache dissolves into a meandering annoyance that takes us from Paris to Hong Kong and back again.
05/26/06
Top CriticEmmanuel Carrere's psychological mystery is a surreal reflection on perception, reality and memory.
05/25/06
Top CriticA successful novelist and restrained actor's director, Carrére makes the transformation of a silly marital argument into a cosmic upheaval look easy, and profound as well.
05/24/06
Top CriticAt its most stimulating, Moustache is a keen glimpse into a marriage that appears perfect on the surface but when examined shows its deficiencies.
09/26/05
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