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Demonlover

2002

Olivier Assayas

Connie Nielsen, Charles Berling, Chloë Sevigny, Gina Gershon ...

5.6

1,174

Thriller Diane works for a French firm bidding to purchase a Japanese animation outfit. Diane maliciously hatches a plot to take the job of her supervisor Karen. The plan succeeds, but then Diane faces problems when a competing American firm, represented by Elaine, becomes involved. Diane's assistant Elise remains loyal to Karen, and she frustrates Diane's every move. When it comes to light that the one of the concerned parties controls an ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Philip French The Guardian	"As chilly and slow-moving as a glacier, but rather less translucent (...) It's fun for a while, but gets steadily more opaque, elliptical and annoying."	NEG
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"The entrancing visual imagery goes a long way toward filling in the screenplay's gaps in logic"	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"By the end of the movie, I frankly didn't give a damn. There's an ironic twist, but the movie hadn't paid for it and didn't deserve it (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"'Demonlover' is a seductive purely as an art object, and vastly more difficult to digest as anything else."	NEU
United Kingdom	Bob Baker Time Out	"Up to about halfway, this is an efficient thriller acted with conviction by the three female leads. But then the script goes a twist too far and the final impression is of a silly, oddly disagreeable movie."	NEG

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