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Film adaptation of cult play "The Bitter Tears.
Leave your thoughts about Peter von Kant.
| Film ThreatMichael Talbot-HaynesThe uninitiated may wonder what the fuss is about, but for the true Fassbinder Heads out there, Peter von Kant is a revelation. Ozon has made one of the best homages to a master filmmaker ever made. |
| San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonFrançois Ozon’s Peter von Kant, about a film director toxically obsessed with a young actor, is much more than a remake. It’s a valentine. |
| EmpireIan FreerIt might be a minor work from a major filmmaker but François Ozon’s remix of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s classic has its pleasures, chiefly strong performances across the board, especially from Isabelle Adjani and the immense Denis Ménochet, embodying the German maverick without ever descending into impersonation. |
| RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzFrançois Ozon's "Peter von Kant" is an odd, chilly film, even by this director's standards. |
| IndieWireBen CrollThe breath of life and beating heart at the center of countless, Russian nesting doll layers of artifice and art-house reference, actor Denis Menochet doesn’t just anchor Peter von Kant, he makes the Francois Ozon project a film. |
| The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyPeter von Kant is perhaps a bit too rarefied an endeavor to significantly expand Ozon’s following, and some LGBTQ audiences might conceivably flinch at its protagonist’s self-flagellation, much as they did with Fassbinder’s. But its skewering of celebrity is mischievously enjoyable and its declaration of love for a queer-cinema forefather disarmingly sincere. |
| Screen DailyJonathan RomneyBoth homage and critique, Peter von Kant astutely gets under the skin of the lesbian-themed original, ekes out new resonances and proves both authentically Fassbinderian and altogether Ozonesque in its ironic sensibilities. |
| SlashfilmBarry LevittWhile it does occasionally feel a little too one-note and repetitive, even in its brief runtime, a host of wonderful performances, meticulous set detailings, and expertly claustrophobic cinematography make Peter Von Kant worthwhile. |
| CineVueChristopher MachellBeyond its gender-swapped lead role, Peter von Kant never truly ventures into new territory and so never quite justifies its own existence. |
| The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeIt’s enjoyable enough, but Peter von Kant is a curiously insubstantial adjunct that trades some of the swirling, savage currents of melodrama of the original – which placed a female fashion designer rather than a male film-maker at the centre of the intrigue – for a frothy, flippant archness. |
