Intimate Strangers (2004)

Director: Patrice Leconte
Starring: Sandrine Bonnaire, Fabrice Luchini & Michel Duchaussoy

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Intimate Strangers is another quiet film from the maker of The Man on the Train (2002). The plot involves a woman who mistakenly sees a tax attorney instead of a psychiatrist, and the tax attorney doesn't correct her. Of course the woman finds out shortly after that the tax attorney isn't a shrink...but then she continues to go to him anyway.

The film enfolds slowly, and unfortunately the rewards don't quite live up to the build-up. The two leads have a nice, quiet chemistry together, but their relationship never quite develops as much as one would like. It's a quiet film, but it does have some rewards for those who are patient. Unfortunately the film tries one's patience quite a bit. I would avoid this one unless one has a quiet Sunday afternoon alone.

February 12
apartment TV, evening

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