Lippenbekenntnisse

Vincent Cassel and Emmanuelle Devos show off their excellent acting skills in this movie. Vincent portrays a petty thief and he’s trying to smooth out his character in a way I hadn’t seen in his previous movies. What can you do? It’s still not enough and I still felt afraid of his character. The way his eyes can act! Emmanuelle Devos, for a change, plays an unhappy person, who is trying to find some good in this world. Other people laugh at her at work, and to be honest, I don’t get it because it would take a lot of work to find a more beautiful French actress. Well and these two eventually meet each other and if they didn’t exploit each other so much, I would even give this movie a five-star review. (17.11.2015)

An interesting and originally conceived crime story, which is also a quality psychological drama and an unconventional and, above all, cliché-free romance. Both protagonists are outsiders in their own way, and their journey toward mutual closeness is definitely not easy. Moreover, their mutual actions are dictated by the desire to use (and abuse) each other to create a truly deep emotion in the end. It doesn't make sense to compare this to usual genre films, as it's definitely not hard-hitting and flashy, but the decisive attention is focused on building their relationship, and careful exploration, and the tension arises more from the viewer's anticipation of what both characters will do in response to each other's actions. It's not a perfect film, but in its genre, I consider it to be highly above average. Both Vincent Cassel and Emmanuelle Devos are top-notch character actors and their chemistry is excellent. Overall impression: 85%. (28.11.2012)

The chemistry works, the atmosphere is absorbing, the actors outdo each other, but it's still not enough. The middle passage is terribly drawn out. (18.07.2010)