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Number One Fan

2014

1h 44m

Comedy

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Muriel (Sandrine Kiberlain), a divorced beautician with two children, is shocked when Vincent Lacoix (Laurent Lafitte), her celebrity crush, knocks on her door looking for help.

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Jordan Mintzer

The Hollywood Reporter

The price of fame and the cost of fandom come crashing together in some amusingly suspenseful ways in Elle l'adore, the debut feature from French actress-turned-director Jeanne Herry.

Aug 31, 2015

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

This drily comic French thriller marks the feature debut of writer-director Jeanne Herry, whose deceptively calm surfaces and psychologically nuanced characterizations prove her a worthy student of Claude Chabrol.

Jul 30, 2015

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Peter Debruge

Variety

A clever example of mainstream French cinema from the daughter of Miou-Miou and Julien Clerc.

May 6, 2015

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Allen Almachar

The MacGuffin

The narrative never ratchets up to high gear.

Rated: C

Jul 14, 2020

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Sarah Boslaugh

TheArtsStl

...a character study of a young woman who is more disturbed than she seems at first glance...

Rated: 6/10

Oct 3, 2018

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Kieron Tyler

The Arts Desk

Despite the promising yet contrived scenario, Elle L'Adore has too many component parts. It's a shaggy dog story which doesn't add up to a lot.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 20, 2017

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trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XNDcAP5W7k

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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So if the Frenchies invented the dénouement - how come they never bloody use it???!! No, this is actually one of the very reasons I love French cinema even if every ending leaves you more or less frustrated. Was prepared for a light-hearted comedy, perhaps from what I'd read in the Ciné Lumière's programme. Was not prepared for this tense, dark detective drama with interestingly irrational, unreliable characters, a number of unpredictable plot twists and a twinpeaksy overnight change of hair colour to boot! The disturbing opening scene evokes the real-life incident/accident involving Cantat-Trintignant in 2003.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Audience Member

OK; but the story is indeed rather unconvincing.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Synopsis

Muriel (Sandrine Kiberlain), a divorced beautician with two children, is shocked when Vincent Lacoix (Laurent Lafitte), her celebrity crush, knocks on her door looking for help.

Director: Jeanne Herry
Producer: Alain Attal, Hugo Sélignac
Screenwriter: Jeanne Herry, Gaëlle Macé
Production Co: TF1 Films Productions, Les Productions du Trésor, Egérie Productions, Chi-Fou-Mi Productions, Studio Canal
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 12, 2017
Runtime: 1h 44m

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