
Dresses, lipsticks, sex - the "perversions" (and neuroses) of Eve, a young, very successful lawyer. Her days are a tightrope act between extreme eloquence and frosty toughness on the one side, and scaring vulnerability on the other. The climax of her career shall be the possibly forthcoming appointment as a judge, but this step seems to be interrupted by her kleptomaniac sister Mad who is arrested after one of her raids. Eve travels to Mad's town to stand by her in the jail. ... (Full plot summary below)
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Dresses, lipsticks, sex - the "perversions" (and neuroses) of Eve, a young, very successful lawyer. Her days are a tightrope act between extreme eloquence and frosty toughness on the one side, and scaring vulnerability on the other. The climax of her career shall be the possibly forthcoming appointment as a judge, but this step seems to be interrupted by her kleptomaniac sister Mad who is arrested after one of her raids. Eve travels to Mad's town to stand by her in the jail. Their struggle about Mad's illness evokes suppressed conflicts. Eve stays at her sister's flat where she meets a girl who fights with her budding femininity.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzI could never warm up to any of the characters or their perversions or neuroses. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis is the kind of movie you can't stop thinking about. |
| VarietyEmanuel LevyThe women (played by Tilda Swinton and Amy Madigan) are so intriguing and complex that they almost overcome the trappings of a non-linear narrative that's borderline academic. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenThe most intelligent, entertaining, provocative, absorbing, and, yes, feminist movie to grace our theatres in quite some time. |
| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesA richly textured movie that demands a second viewing to comprehend it all. |
| E! OnlineE! StaffThrough a complex narrative technique and stunning imagery, the movie ... slips behind the mask of invincibility to portray a woman plagued by self-doubt and anguish. |
| Houston ChronicleJeff MillarTaken as a whole, this is not a product of the cookie cutter and should be of interest to the adventurous filmgoer. |
| Jam! MoviesLiz BraunOur Eve uses her beauty and sexuality to get ahead and yet simultaneously rails against both, leaving the viewer to ponder that age-old mystery of life: Who cares? |
| MovielineStephen FarberHumorless and swathed in symbolism, it taunts us with cerebral puzzles that we may not care to solve. |
| Film.comTom KeoghDreamy but seemingly endless, ambitious but affected, daring but banal film. |