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In this French thriller from Francois Ozon, Alice (Natacha Regnier) and her boyfriend Luc (Jeremie Renier) find themselves in a terrifying trap when they sneak out into the woods to cover up a crime they committed together, and then cannot find their way back out. Compared to THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT and to SHALLOW GRAVE, the .. Read more

Starring	Natacha Regnier, Jeremie Renier, Miki Manojlovic
Director	Francois Ozon
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- Alice (RÃgnier, from Dream Life of Angels) is a provocative bitch, toying with the vulnerable affections of Luc... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:16
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  A Sunday afternoon filler
  
  If you are bored of watching soap omnibuses on a Sunday afternoon, then you won't go too far wrong with this diverting teen romp.
  
  Alice (a ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 11 Apr 2004 at 18:38
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  Ethereal depth..
  
  I enjoyed this movie, the pace was rapid, approaching dynamic. The acting was excellent and I was constantly wanting to know more about the reason for the first... read more »
  
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- - Dacarius
  - 11 reviews
  - 20 Nov 2011 at 21:54
- - 0
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  Grimm tale for grown up kids.
  
  This is a film that caters directly to the current teen/ twenties appetite for blood lust, shock/ horror movies. But directed by Francois Ozon, it is better ... read more »
  
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- - Nitaray
  - 218 reviews
  - Farnham
  - 20 Aug 2011 at 12:31
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  - 0
  If you go down to the woods today... a modern Grimm fairy tale
  
  Dark with a very sharp sense of humour, this film by Francois Ozon enjoys taking on several taboos and confronts some very dark fantasies.
  
  The couple... read more »
  
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- - ThePagan
  - 9 reviews
  - WORTHING
  - 21 Aug 2010 at 18:21
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  - 1
  Not a horror film... And definitely not a French
  
  I've seen a few Jeremie Renier films now and think that he's a talented young actor. This film doesn't really do him justice though. If you watch ... read more »
  
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  - OXON
  - 22 Apr 2009 at 11:51
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  not one of Ozons best
  
  I rented this as i loke the director however this is mainstream rubbish about a couple in the woods being stalked by a psychpath (yawn)
  
  Rubbish
  
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  - Gorebridge
  - 23 Nov 2008 at 15:26
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  Customer Review
  
  A manipulative and self-centred young woman entices young men. When one of her admirers wants more than she wishes to give she uses her charms to seduce a naive... read more »
  
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  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
- - 1
  - 2
  Ridiculous storyline, one of Ozon's worst
  
  Well, I don't think I'll bother with any more of Ozon's 20th century films if this is anything to go by. I am a huge fan of Ozon's stories, his ... read more »
  
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- - TristanWhite
  - 307 reviews
  - London, UK
  - 13 Nov 2007 at 00:45
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  - 1
  Slightly odd!
  
  Good plot, spolit by a weird rushed ending. and a lot of flaws in the final adaptation... I kept saying 'As if...'
  
  However I did enjoy it so... read more »
  
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- - Apprentice
  - 41 reviews
  - Norwich
  - 27 Sep 2007 at 19:53
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  Rubbish!
  
  I rented this film because of the excellent performances by Jeremie Renier in his two films directed by the Dardenne brothers. But they ... read more »
  
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- - sailonby
  - 96 reviews
  - Exeter
  - 10 Dec 2006 at 12:58
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  Fails to engage
  
  The problem with this movie is that no one person in it is at all likeable. You really do not care about whoever is being raped, eaten, sodomised, imprisoned ... read more »
  
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- - Jonno
  - London, England
  - 10 Nov 2006 at 23:48
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- - 14
  - 1
  A Sunday afternoon filler
  
  If you are bored of watching soap omnibuses on a Sunday afternoon, then you won't go too far wrong with this diverting teen romp.
  
  Alice (a ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Jan
  - London
  - 11 Apr 2004 at 18:38
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  Criminal Lovers
  
  Francois Ozon is quite possibly the most interesting director working in France. He is prolific, hard to pin down to a genre and has never made a film that isn... read more »
  
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- - SAI81
  - 360 reviews
  - Tonbridge
  - 19 Aug 2005 at 10:21
- - 3
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  Flat
  
  There were moments in this movie where despite murder, rape and cannibalism I found myself talking in funny voices in my head and counting leaves on the tree. ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Salisbury, England
  - 26 Jun 2005 at 15:54
- - 3
  - 1
  This was a good movie...
  
  This was a good movie, I didn't expect more than this.
  
  This movie is a story of two young teenagers Luc and Alicia. When they murder another ... read more »
  
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  - READING
  - 21 Apr 2004 at 19:56
- - 3
  - 1
  Not quite the full centime
  
  Not an easy or pleasant film to watch, 'Criminal Lovers' doesn't quite make it: we don't quite see why the oh-so-easily-led Luc kills in such a ... read more »
  
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  - Scotland
  - 02 Mar 2005 at 11:58
- - 2
  - 0
  Hansel & Gretel for the art-house crowd!
  
  It may be strange but this mixture of gothic fairytale and sex, death and violence comes off very well.
  
  The plot goes something like this:
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- - DonnieDarko
  - Scotland
  - 01 Jan 2004 at 21:51
- - 2
  - 0
  Trash version of Hansel and Gretel.
  
  Francois Ozon like to be controversial and that is why he made this movie!
  
  This is a drastic change of character for Natacha Regnier after "La ... read more »
  
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- - Yann64
  - 23 reviews
  - Cambridge
  - 13 Dec 2004 at 11:52
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  Lots of BLOOD and GUTS!
  
  Too dark and blood thirsty for me!
  
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- - Ian J Taylor
  - Bethnal Green (east) London
  - 01 Aug 2005 at 17:03
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  A manipulative and self-centred young woman entices young men. When one of her admirers wants more than she wishes to give she uses her charms to seduce a naive... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
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  - 2
  Disappointing..
  
  'stylish and darkly disturbing' the quote says. I didn't really find it to be particularly stylish, dark or disturbing. Saying that it wasn't ... read more »
  
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- - sorgos
  - 22 reviews
  - Fife
  - 19 Feb 2004 at 19:39

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  In this French thriller from Francois Ozon, Alice (Natacha Regnier) and her boyfriend Luc (Jeremie Renier) find themselves in a terrifying trap when they sneak out into the woods to cover up a crime they committed together, and then cannot find their way back out. Compared to THE BLAIR WITCH ...