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      The Cry of the Owl

      Released Oct 16, 1991 1h 42m Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 38% 100+ Ratings Audience Score A man (Jacques Penot) has revenge on his ex-fiancee (Mathilda May) and her married lover (Christophe Malavoy) by having an affair with the other's wife. Read More Read Less

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      Nancy S A very good film: good acting, photography, and screenplay. It is a bit dark but facinating with no easy answers, leaves one with lots to think about. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Starts out strong then unravels into a bit of a mess. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member As Cross as Two Sticks French Neo Noir after a Patricia Highsmith Novel Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member This was like "The Weatherman" of stalker movies, only more pointless, if you can imagine that... Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member I haven't seen many Chabrol movies yet, but even though I'm perfectly willing to believe he's a great director, "Le Cri du Hibou" (1987) is definitely not one of his best productions. It starts off lukewarm, fails to warm up and puts the boot in right at the end: the final scene might have lifted it up, but instead, it proved to be downright silly and unrealistic (at what point was the knife plunged in, etc.). This relationship thriller could have been "thrilling", but for some reason it left me cold completely. I didn't care what was gonna happen next, whereas it should have kept us end the end of our seats. The story was promising enough, but alas. I had similar feelings about another Chabrol movie some time ago ("L'enfer" from 1994). Apparently, Chabrol was at his best before the eighties. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Ah...quand ca va mal...Tordu. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Rated: 2/5 Jun 10, 2002 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...a terrible, consistently unwatchable piece of work that's about as wrongheaded as they come... Rated: 1/4 Nov 28, 2010 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Executed in a detached languishing stylistic clinical way. Rated: B- Apr 27, 2010 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 4/5 Jul 22, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A man (Jacques Penot) has revenge on his ex-fiancee (Mathilda May) and her married lover (Christophe Malavoy) by having an affair with the other's wife.
      Director
      Claude Chabrol
      Screenwriter
      Odile Barski, Claude Chabrol
      Distributor
      R5/S8
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      French (Canada)
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Oct 16, 1991, Limited
      Runtime
      1h 42m