The Exterminating Angels
2006, Drama/Gay and lesbian, 1h 42m
45 Reviews 2,500+ RatingsWhat to know
Explicit and shocking, but there is no substance or statement on human behavior underneath the taboo-breaking. Read critic reviews
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Francois
Charlotte
Julie
Stéphanie
La femme de francois
Apparition 1, Rebecca
Critic Reviews for The Exterminating Angels
All Critics (45) | Top Critics (21) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (23)
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A complex, confessional examination of [Jean-Claude Brisseau's] twisted, thorny and ultimately ambiguous feelings toward women and sex.
December 20, 2007 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… -
Endless auditions get the annoying Francois nowhere closer to grasping what turns women on.
May 11, 2007 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review… -
Critics I admire have assured me that many of Brisseau's earlier films are less silly, more interesting, and even commendable.
May 10, 2007 | Full Review… -
The content may be dubious, but the execution is hypnotic.
May 10, 2007 | Rating: 2.5/4 -
Gorgeous French silliness, yes, featuring stunning women having languorous, artful sex with each other. What was I saying? Oh yes, the silliness. Artful, gorgeous, sexy, sure, but ridiculous nonetheless.
May 4, 2007 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review… -
[Director] Brisseau calculatedly offsets the silliness of the surreal elements and the earnestness applied to the sex by savoring the overall absurdity.
April 12, 2007 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for The Exterminating Angels
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Mar 11, 2007[font=Century Gothic]In "Exterminating Angels", a film director, Francois(Frederic van den Driessche), decides that following an actress' bad experience involving a sex scene on his previous film, that he will make his next about female sexuality. Since there are sex scenes involved, his screen test will involve two parts, the first of which involves an actress masturbating on camera, but he has a hard time getting any woman to participate until he meets Julie(Lise Bellynck) in a neighborhood bar.[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]"Exterminating Angels" is a seuxally explicit and thought-provoking movie that is not about sex per se. In reality, it is about no matter how casual or temporary a relationship is, be it a one night stand or making a film, there is always going to be a residual emotional connection. And sometimes people cannot help being hurt.[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]However clear-sighted director Jean-Claude Brisseau may be about other facets of his movie, the character of the director still leaves something to be desired. Francois is staightforward and gentlemanly towards the actresses and complimented by them for being a good listener but if his sole purpose was to learn about female sexuality, then why not just hand his wife a 20-page questionnaire or simply listen to her?[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]The angels and dead grandmother almost push the movie into David Lynch and Wim Wenders territory. They were not necessary and even a little pretentious.[/font]Walter M Super Reviewer
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