Bribaba 05/31/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3/4 

This isn't my kind of film so I admired rather than enjoyed it. It's beautifully played, especially by the wondrous Kristin Scott Thomas, one of the Britain's most underrated actors. Writer/director Phllippe Claudel keeps it real - just as you feel it's about to veer off into cliched melodrama it instead continues along the straight and narrow, eventually getting to the heart of the matter. I found the ending unsatisfactory, though without negating anything that had gone before. And just how many quality adult films are there with two women in the lead?

donkeyknight 05/01/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
2/4 

Scott Thomas undoubtedly gives a raw performance of a self-imposed prisoner slowly unlocking her own cell. But it is also fairly sleepy and ends up being one more movie that treats euthanasia sympathetically.

filmbuff30 07/29/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Rating of
3.5/4 

Excellent film. So sad, good, won't forget it. A +

Allison 10/25/2008 (1 of 1 found this helpful)

Rating of
4/4 

Wow, words can't describe how good this movie was. It tackles several hard to deal with issues: murder, suicide, rejection from family, re-entering society, and all the complex emotions that go along with it. While the movie was infused with humor, it still was a tearjerker. Recommended, if not for the great performance by Kristen Scott Thomas, who gets better with each movie.