9/10 -> A-

Saw this at the beginning of the year. Awesome thriller/mystery.

If this French piece of crap had been in English, nobody would have given it a second thought. Between the hackneyed, bad-Hollywood plotting (our hero keeps getting out of scrapes due to the kind help of some jovial gangbangers he'd assisted in the first act) and head-scratching use of music (I dare you not to laugh during the "With or Without You" sequence), you're bound to be damn confused at the movie's very very kind reception here in the states.

On the bright side, the third act stops being merely silly and becomes something far more special. I'm not sure how to quite describe the depths of goofy to which this thing sinks as we approach the finale; I left the theatre on quite a high. Plot threads and resolutions start showing up completely out-of-the-fucking-blue; the experience was like watching Wild Things played straight. As a result, the last 25 mnutes were a grand old knee-slapping time at the movies.

To recap: yeah, bad movie, but everyone seems too distracted by subtitles and flamboyant camera work to notice.

Copied pretty much from the Foreign and Independent Film thread.....

While this wasn't amazingly bad, as the plot unravelled the whole thing kind of came apart with it.

The chase scene was a highlight, but what was with the strangely calm music during the whole thing? it was more than a little disconcerting and ruined any idea of tension the film was trying to build. By the end it felt like it was trying far too hard to have a twisty ending. It did pass a couple of hours quite nicely, but i don't think i'd recommend it to anyone.

I suspect its appeal lies in its 'foreign language' status and not in its quality.

I'd give it a C+

For me, that's actually what made this film so unique from Hollywood production; the odd but brilliant use of music and images in & between the scenes.
But yeah, the plot is nothing special but not bad either.

So, overall A-

When the hell will this get released on DVD?

I loved that part .

TELL NO ONE - 8/10 (B+)

Loved it! An intriguing, classy thriller. I loved the music. I adore Kristen Scott Thomas. She's so beautiful and talented. In a way I would love to see her reprise her role in the eventual American remake. But on the other hand I would rather see her continue working on original projects instead of playing the same role in an English-language remake.

Anyway, highly recommended! One of last year's best thrillers. The ending was beautiful.

Rewatched it. I'd grade it ***1/2 / ***** (B-) now. It's definitely much slower than I remember it and the story is a bit stretched over, but the mystery was still intriguing.