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La Moustache (2005)
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Reviews Counted:41
Fresh:35
Rotten:6
Average Rating:7.3/10
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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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. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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Kafkaesque story of man who shaves trademark moustache. Afterwards everybody--wife included--insists that he has never had one! Full Review |
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4/5 |
A dizzying experiment, evocative and frustrating at the same time. Full Review |
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As with the recent French films Lemming and The Bridesmaid, La Moustache generates a high level of tension with the most mundane things. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
A mind-bending treat adapted by director Emmanuel Carrère from his novel. Full Review |
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3/4 |
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. Full Review |
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In 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.' Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
It's a brief, simple film that never overreaches but, if you're into it, it raises fascinating questions about identity. Full Review |
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A shuddery, enigmatic study in psychological suspense. Full Review |
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3/4 |
An absorbing riddle posed in cool, matter-of-fact tones. Full Review |
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3/4 |
I found it mesmerizing from beginning to end. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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B+ |
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. Full Review |
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An intriguing study of identity, marriage and, perhaps, madness. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Leaps 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. Full Review |
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...a movie about identity and marriage that raises many questions and supplies many answers without actually giving any. Full Review |
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An elegantly acted psychological puzzle, it's like watching a nervous breakdown from the inside out. Full Review |
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