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The Lady in the Car With Glasses and a Gun

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While taking her boss's car for a joy ride, a secretary (Freya Mavor) finds a dead body in the trunk and a rifle in the backseat.
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Peter Debruge Variety 12/18/2015
Whatever your imagination does with the title is surely more entertaining than what this all-style, no-substance thriller has to offer. Go to Full Review
Simon Abrams Village Voice 12/15/2015
The Lady in the Car With Glasses and a Gun is like a movie-shaped sudoku puzzle: an irresistible time-suck that's more fun to puzzle over than it is to solve. Go to Full Review
Travis Hopson Examiner.com 12/18/2015
3/5
While we ultimately don't care about the car, the glasses, or the gun, we can't get enough of the lady. Go to Full Review
Norman Wilner NOW Toronto 12/16/2015
3/5
Director Joann Sfar (Gainsbourg) is far more interested in the hazy, overheated world through which his eponymous protagonist wanders. And when the film lets her do that, it's fun to drift along in her wake. Go to Full Review
Julia Bembenek Under the Radar 12/15/2015
6/10
The Lady of 2015 is a stylish, occasionally inventive, and fun remake. Go to Full Review
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01/14/2022 A lot of violence; a few pretty shots; no ideas and no meaning... See more 05/19/2018 This cool dream-like thriller should have stuck to it's absurd plot line because the last 20 minute explanation of what happened before fails. See more 02/06/2018 Fantastic...loved this movie! See more 08/23/2017 You know, if the lady with glasses wasn't holding that shotgun, it would be easier for her to steer the car that she's in. See more 01/08/2017 My town still has a Family Video store, so there's still the joy of discovering a bonkers title like this one, then doing some quick iPhone research to find it has a solid critics rating on Rottentomatoes.com. (Pay no attention to the audience score. There's a built-in bias against subtitles, particularly with French-language movies. What I wasn't prepared for was the great 70s/80s scene setting with gorgeous cars, clothes, houses, and buildings--and camera work that seemed transfixed on the long legs and beautiful face of lead actress Freya Mavor. In describing the story, it's tempting to compare it to a Hitchcock movie... but that's giving it too much credit. There are holes in its attempts at intricate plotting, but the movie more than makes up for its shortcomings with an abundance of perfume-commercial weirdness and style. I really enjoyed it. See more 10/16/2016 Very sexy and suave, this movie is as French commerical as it can get. It is a thriller and has legs, legs and more legs. The direction is experimental to an extent and does have some movement, jump cuts, on-screen montages and overlay to write home about. A good watch for people with an interest in that. The story though seemed have holes at the end. The acting was spectacular! See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis While taking her boss's car for a joy ride, a secretary (Freya Mavor) finds a dead body in the trunk and a rifle in the backseat.
Director
Joann Sfar
Producer
Patrick Godeau, Karen Monluc
Screenwriter
Gilles Marchand, Patrick Godeau
Distributor
Magnolia Pictures
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 18, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 6, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.1K
Runtime
1h 33m
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