Drawing some intriguing parallels between the work of the prostitute and that of the psychiatrist-both have clients, both charge for sessions, both take on roles that serve the needs, psychological or otherwise, of those they serve, like Alice, a disaffected call girl and Xavier, a shrink with a crumbling domestic situation. With sex more talked about than shown, the film is filled with pointed dialogue and double entendres.... (Full plot summary below)
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Drawing some intriguing parallels between the work of the prostitute and that of the psychiatrist-both have clients, both charge for sessions, both take on roles that serve the needs, psychological or otherwise, of those they serve, like Alice, a disaffected call girl and Xavier, a shrink with a crumbling domestic situation. With sex more talked about than shown, the film is filled with pointed dialogue and double entendres.
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| AV ClubAlison WillmoreFrench drama Special Treatment draws a brazenly provocative parallel between the professions of psychiatry and prostitution. |
| Shockya.comBrent SimonIsabelle Huppert has a sly technique and endlessly fascinating face, but this initially intriguing drama abandons darker overtones for rather wan interpersonal revelations. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasSpecial Treatment is a serious film, but Labrune allows a touch of dark comedy in her depictions of Alice's clients and Xavier's patients. |
| Chicago ReaderIgnatiy VishnevetskyThough the parallels drawn between therapy and prostitution grow tiresome, the duo's interaction is peppered with inspired comedic moments. |
| Village VoiceErnest HardyThat's why Special Treatment is so disheartening. The film, starring Huppert, quickly telegraphs that its ideas are too shallow for a talent as deep as hers. |
| New York TimesStephen HoldenA story that should have been a taut poker-faced French farce that pushed its premise to the brink of absurdity stalls, unsure of its balance between comedy and drama. The movie's one reliable constant is Ms. Huppert. You can't take your eyes off her, even when she is misused and misdirected. |
| ABC Radio (Australia)CJ JohnsonThe tag line for the advertising campaign is bold: 'A film that dares to tell the truth about women.' I, unfortunately, missed whatever truth that was. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA dramatically inert and poorly acted French film. |
| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirIt isn't a lightweight erotic romp at all, but a complicated and delicate two-person odyssey that's much richer and subtler than that. |
| User ReviewDave CIsabelle Huppert stars as a prostitute showing her age (but still looking gorgeous) who meets a psychoanalyst as detached from his clients as she is from hers. As the film develops, both halves seem interchangeable until Huppert meets a doctor who deals with people who really do have problems and who doesn't want her money. One day she finally realises she has the strength to move on, the power to change and the confidence to do it. It's a simple tale really and well told. I've seen a number of fairly bad reviews for this film, but I really think they've missed the point. |
