Elle

Bizarre but utterly compelling. Huppert is magnifique.

Loved it! Super fun and twisted in the best way.

The film goes in a very different direction than what you might expect from the description. I found that both extremely refreshing and interesting. Excellent film.

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I love French movies.
They are so different but interesting.
This movie is crazy as is good.

A terrible thriller that eventually reveals itself as a sharp, pitch-black comedy populated with grotesque characters. It needs to be taken in the right spirit, though something tells me that not vibing with it might actually be a sign of a healthy mind.

>A woman who's read: "The Second Sex" will chew you up... And spit you out.

A pretty unique movie with especially a unique protagonist. I liked it, but it had some really out of place moments as well, and it felt kinda unaccomplished at the end. Overall good though.

Only Verhoeven or De Palma could’ve made this work. A rape comedy should be a disaster by all accounts, yet Verhoeven’s signature somehow compliments the material perfectly. It’s very absurd and pushes to some really interesting places, some of this reminded me of the scenes in _Gone Girl_ where we’re following the Amy character. Not every choice taste is tasteful, but it wouldn’t be a Verhoeven film if it was. Isabelle Huppert is brilliant, such a unique character that could’ve so easily been portrayed as the typical cold, corporate bitch, but she makes something way more fun out of it. I also really enjoyed all the colourful supporting characters. Thematically, I love how it comments on guilt and power through a feminist lens, it defines adds some unique context to Verhoeven’s other work. The only thing that holds me back from loving it are the technical aspects. I really hate the ugly, washed out colour palette and obvious score choices he makes throughout. For something that’s otherwise so non-conformist, it looks and sounds too much like something Hollywood would produce. Still, it’s a really entertaining film that looking back on it might’ve planted the seeds for films like _Promising Young Woman_ and _The Invisible Man_.

6.5/10

Goes nowhere you expect; this defies convention and is all the better for it. Disturbing, more so because of the cold, detached characters that inhabit this psychological thriller.