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Dark, tense, and wryly funny, In the House is brilliantly directed by François Ozon and features fine performances from its talented cast.
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In the House is a tour de force about two yarn-spinners -- Claude and Germain -- whose lives devolve into chaos. Mar 3, 2014 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
In the House is a tour de force about two yarn-spinners -- Claude and Germain -- whose lives devolve into chaos.
Michael Sragow
The film treats imagination-and talent-in certain hands as an almost mystical force. Jun 14, 2013 | Full Review…
The film treats imagination-and talent-in certain hands as an almost mystical force.
Stanley Kauffmann
Ozon and the script move a little too far afield and hold on a bit too long as the film approaches its end. Still, "In the House" has enough trippy truth to it to grab your interest and shake your mind. May 24, 2013 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
Ozon and the script move a little too far afield and hold on a bit too long as the film approaches its end. Still, "In the House" has enough trippy truth to it to grab your interest and shake your mind.
Tom Long
It's fiction about life that becomes fiction that might be life - and the viewer happily dives in. May 16, 2013 | Rating: 3.5/4
It's fiction about life that becomes fiction that might be life - and the viewer happily dives in.
Moira MacDonald
The expected punch line... never materializes, so I guess this must be a drama after all. May 10, 2013 | Full Review…
The expected punch line... never materializes, so I guess this must be a drama after all.
J. R. Jones
Savor In the House for its meta-exploration of adolescence, class resentment and suppressed desire, but don't expect much more. May 10, 2013 | Rating: 2.5/4
Savor In the House for its meta-exploration of adolescence, class resentment and suppressed desire, but don't expect much more.
Rene Rodriguez
Ozon cloaks the scenes with Claude & Rapha's family in heavy suspense (complete with tinkly thriller music) so you never know if what the Germains are reading is true or not. Mar 2, 2019 | Full Review…
Ozon cloaks the scenes with Claude & Rapha's family in heavy suspense (complete with tinkly thriller music) so you never know if what the Germains are reading is true or not.
Amie Simon
Ozon's latest puzzle is certainly sharp as a tack, but lacks the dénouement to compete with its extremely watchable exposition et tournant. Feb 12, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Ozon's latest puzzle is certainly sharp as a tack, but lacks the dénouement to compete with its extremely watchable exposition et tournant.
Daniel Green
An unconvincing, sub-Almodóvarian twist on fantasy projection, sexual awakening, and the unreliability of storytelling. Dec 16, 2018 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
An unconvincing, sub-Almodóvarian twist on fantasy projection, sexual awakening, and the unreliability of storytelling.
PJ Nabarro
Sophisticated and shrewdly observational, In The House is Ozon's underlying slick and buoyant social commentary of what feeds us internally for artistic inspiration. Sedate and oddly witty... Nov 16, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Sophisticated and shrewdly observational, In The House is Ozon's underlying slick and buoyant social commentary of what feeds us internally for artistic inspiration. Sedate and oddly witty...
Frank Ochieng
This is an impressive film, even though it seems like a kind of psychological-dramatic experiment. It combines fantasy and reality in interesting ways, depicting imaginary events and realistic events with equal conviction. Dec 17, 2013 | Rating: B | Full Review…
This is an impressive film, even though it seems like a kind of psychological-dramatic experiment. It combines fantasy and reality in interesting ways, depicting imaginary events and realistic events with equal conviction.
Robert Roten
Satirizes the process of aesthetic creation and the damage it can inflict on the artist and those around him. Nov 4, 2013 | Full Review…
Satirizes the process of aesthetic creation and the damage it can inflict on the artist and those around him.
Jared Eisenstat
A smart and fascinating drama that ingeniously dissolves the barrier that separates fiction from reality as we witness a talented teenager using a curious ploy to draw his intrigued teacher into a witty meta-discussion on the production of a narrative work.
Super Reviewer
'In the House'. A twisted, voyeuristic, and so, so meta take on manipulation and perception! Went a little too off the rails towards my end and drained some of my enthusiasm for it.
A bored teacher encourages a promising young student to write a story that results in him insinuating himself into the life of a middle class classmate for inspiration. In The House is one of those self aware deconstructions of the creative process, coming across as a kind of blending of Adaptation and The Lives Of Others. The core of the story is essentially the symbiotic relationship between story teller and his audience whose voyeuristic appetites are represented by the teacher whose need for an engaging narrative rather than the dreariness of day-to-day life result in unfortunate repercussions for all involved. The manipulative young student reminded me somewhat of the characters in Funny Games, although the approach is far more artistic rather than sadistic and Ernst Umhauer's performance has just the right combination of vulnerability and creepiness. The story does not have quite the impact it could have as his motivations are never fully explored but the final "Rear Window" scene is a really nice touch and it's a smart and intelligent little comic drama that will appeal to fans of Charlie Kaufman.
Did not leave an impression whatsoever. Ernst Umhauer's character annoyed the crap out of me. I saw it in the theater a couple of weeks ago, but I can't and don't care to remember what it was about.
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