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Criminal Lovers

Play trailer Poster for Criminal Lovers Released Jul 21, 2000 1h 36m Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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A hunter takes a young woman (Natacha Régnier) and her boyfriend (Jérémie Renier) hostage as they bury a classmate they murdered.

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Neil Smith BBC.com Rated: 3/5 Apr 11, 2003 Full Review Entertainment Weekly Rated: C- Jul 21, 2000 Full Review Elvis Mitchell New York Times Rated: 3/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review David Lamble Bay Area Reporter Criminal Lovers splices the American gangster movie with that most pessimistic of all art forms, the European fairy tale. May 12, 2020 Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Rated: 4/5 Dec 2, 2007 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 4/5 Aug 26, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member The greatest 01 hour: and 36 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Highly original and unforgettable low budget film. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member In the modern revision of Hansel and Gretel, seductive Alice pressured sexually confused Luc into murdering their classmate whom she claimed has raped her. Their attempt to hide the body and escape the police led them into a dangerous hut in the rural forest owned by a strange man they soon find themselves in a dangerous trap worse than being caught by the police, or is it? Arguably Ozon's breakthrough film into the mainstream, it's incredibly weird as his other films but somewhat more thought provoking and artistic. The editing was more mature, the storytelling was pretty good too though could really be shortened and less repetitive. Not for the faint-hearted. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Filme francês, de François Ozon, com um roteiro interessante. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member not for the faint-hearted or easily offended. most disturbing scene visually? skinning of the rabbit. not one of my favorite ozons. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Not as good as future Ozon works but still have the subtlety and layered messages that he's very well famous for. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A hunter takes a young woman (Natacha Régnier) and her boyfriend (Jérémie Renier) hostage as they bury a classmate they murdered.
Director
François Ozon
Producer
Olivier Delbosc, Marc Missonnier
Screenwriter
François Ozon
Distributor
Strand Releasing
Production Co
La Sept Cinema, Le Studio Canal +, Centre National de la Cinematographie, Fidélité Productions
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 21, 2000, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Aug 21, 2001
Box Office (Gross USA)
$50.5K
Runtime
1h 36m