
Ruthless executive Christine Rivière (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas) brings on Isabelle Guérin (Ludivine Sagnier) as her assistant, and she takes delight in toying with the young woman's innocence. But when the protégé's ideas become tempting enough for Christine to pass on as her own, she underestimates Isabelle's ambition and cunning - and the ground is set for all-out war.... (Full plot summary below)
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Ruthless executive Christine Rivière (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas) brings on Isabelle Guérin (Ludivine Sagnier) as her assistant, and she takes delight in toying with the young woman's innocence. But when the protégé's ideas become tempting enough for Christine to pass on as her own, she underestimates Isabelle's ambition and cunning - and the ground is set for all-out war.
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| eFilmCritic.comPeter SobczynskiOne of the best thrillers to come along in a while. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleThe goal of this review - why not just say it? - is to disclose as little about the story as possible while instilling a ravenous and even rabid desire to see Love Crime immediately. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordAlain Corneau once again looks at female friendship between mentor and protege in the workplace, where power struggles become all, but unlike "Fear and Trembling," ..."Love Crime" is a cross between a Chabrolian murder mystery and "All About Eve." |
| ColeSmithey.comCole Smithey[VIDEO] "Love Crime" is a meaty little corporate thriller that pulls the rug from clichés of the genre. A great French thriller never gets old. This one promises to age very well. |
| AV ClubNoel MurrayA corporate crime thriller that explores the relationships of women in power, but while Corneau delivers a slick, well-acted piece with a surprising mid-movie twist, Love Crime is too thin and too on-point to deliver the jolt he and co-screenwriter Nathalie Carter most likely intended. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris HewittIf the prospect of having the rug pulled out from under you repeatedly sounds appealing, then it's a big "oui." |
| Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerIt's all tease in the first half, and all implausibilities in the second. Still, Thomas is always worth watching, in French or in English, whether her mood be chilly or tropical. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)If the prospect of having the rug pulled out from under you repeatedly sounds appealing, then it's a big "oui." |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenThe backstabbing endemic in office politics becomes exquisitely literal. |
| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussEngrossing for about half its length, thanks especially to the icy Thomas, who switches back and forth between seductive charm and cold-blooded psychological cruelty, and between English and apparently flawless French. |