A Girl Cut in Two (La Fille coupee en deux) Critic Reviews
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Impeccably made and uncompromisingly adult, Claude Chabrol's A Girl Cut in Two is unquestionably the work of a master.Read the full review
An erotically charged, beautifully directed story of a woman preyed upon by different men and her own warring desires.Read the full review
The plot was probably inspired by an actual event, which I will not mention because you may be familiar with it. In any event, Chabrol's insidious style is more absorbing than the plot, as it should be.Read the full review
Sagnier is yummy.Read the full review
Would be worthy of the highest rating, except for a slight slackening of energy in the last 20 minutes.Read the full review
Chabrol develops the inevitable confrontation between the two men like a car wreck in slow motion, and getting there takes a little more work than it should; the film takes the form of a thriller, but it doesn't have the pace of one.Read the full review
It's intriguing. To be honest, though, there is less to it all than meets the eye.Read the full review
For all its charisma, A Girl Cut in Two lacks a certain depth.Read the full review
While not a classic, this is a pleasantly disturbing, nominally voyeuristic romp in the territory Chabrol knows best.Read the full review
Its impact is weakened by a limp ending and a sense that it all adds up to rather less than the sum of its parts.Read the full review
