
Anne (Juliette Binoche), a well-off, Paris-based mother of two and investigative journalist for ELLE, is writing an article about student prostitution. Her meetings with two fiercely independent young women, Alicja (Joanna Kulig) and Charlotte (Anais Demoustier), are profound and unsettling, moving her to question her most intimate convictions about money, family and sex.... (Full plot summary below)
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Anne (Juliette Binoche), a well-off, Paris-based mother of two and investigative journalist for ELLE, is writing an article about student prostitution. Her meetings with two fiercely independent young women, Alicja (Joanna Kulig) and Charlotte (Anais Demoustier), are profound and unsettling, moving her to question her most intimate convictions about money, family and sex.
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| Boston HeraldJames VerniereYes, I know, it's the obvious semi-feminist take on the oldest profession in the world, and yes, men are pigs. |
| CinemalogueTodd JorgensonA typically strong performance by Juliette Binoche can't rescue this French erotic drama. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekWhile Binoche is almost always worth watching, this is one of the exceptions to that rule. |
| Film Journal InternationalRex RobertsA movie made by women for women, Elles will find a sympathetic audience among those who identify with the woman-in-crisis. The rest of us will be perplexed, if not flummoxed... |
| Easy Reader (California)Neely SwansonIt's a story told often and usually, as in this case, not told particularly well. |
| Shockya.comBrent SimonA ponderous, self-satisfied drama that can't be saved by a characteristically nuanced performance from Juliette Binoche. A would-be character study that comes across as a plodding and muddled adaptation of a didactic women's studies term paper. |
| New York TimesStephen HoldenIn case you have forgotten, all women are prostitutes, and all men are johns. |
| St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsElles is provocative company, but it leaves us feeling hustled. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertElles has a surprisingly deep performance in a disappointingly shallow movie. The performance, acute and brave, is by Juliette Binoche. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)It's not great, but it could lead to interesting discussion. |