Thomas in Love

R

Released Aug 3, 2001

1h 37m

Comedy

Drama

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69%

Tomatometer

39 Reviews

83%

Audience Score

1,000+ Ratings

Thomas Thomas (Benoît Verhaert) is an acute agorophobe who lives in a hermetically sealed apartment. With the help of technology and virtual reality, he never has to leave his home. When a government prostitution program brings Thomas into contact with real people, he finds his possible soul mate in one of the prostitutes, Eva (Aylin Yay).

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Critics Consensus

A quirky but amusing social commentary on human disengagement.

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Jay Boyar

Orlando Sentinel

A film in which the camera's point of view never changes can start to feel claustrophobic. But the originality of the concept and the quality of the performances help to compensate.

Dec 21, 2001

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Michael Wilmington

Chicago Tribune

The last few minutes of this movie are strangely moving. What leads up to them is shot through with dark humor and scathing satire.

Dec 14, 2001

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Norman Wilner

Toronto Star

Thomas In Love never develops beyond an interesting exercise in style over story.

Sep 14, 2001

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Rated: 2/5

Oct 10, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Aug 1, 2005

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Ted Murphy

Baseline.Hollywood.com

"Thomas in Love" can be chalked up as a noble failure.

Rated: 2.5/5

Dec 21, 2001

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jean-pol c

My opinion--- "Thomas is in love" is at least that one can say a film ... weird, and the choice to never show the famous Thomas is interesting in itself, we only hear it in voiceover. Another film with false rhythms that also hurts the film, otherwise the idea is original, but for me it remains far too poor to make a good film. Is a really bizarre film

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

A fantastically original concept years before its time. Though some of the acting is not at it's best, the main emotions come across rather well. Innovative and unique filming techniques. Worth watching by anybody with any kind of film interests.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

Concept ingénieux, probablement une première dans l'histoire du cinéma, si je ne m'abuse, qui n'a d'autre choix que de maintenir un vif intérêt chez le spectateur, mais qui finit par se laisser désabuser par un manque de technique. Certes, la caméra fixe, c'est bien beau, mais on s'attend en quelque sorte à un peu plus de mouvement pour illustrer l'émotion vive ressentie par Thomas au moment où il confronte Déesse Amour. Bref, très intéressant comme film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

Un film de SF conceptuel trÃ¨s bien foutu, captivant, et qui laisse place Ã l'imagination.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

Ones who have encountered what on line world is all about can perfectly feel and compassionate Thomas making movie far above average.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

strangely real .. not literally

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Pierre-Paul Renders

Director

Benoît Verhaert

Thomas Thomas

Aylin Yay

Eva

Magali Pinglaut

Melodie

Micheline Hardy

Nathalie (Thomas' Mother)

Alexandre von Sivers

Insurance Agent

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Synopsis

Thomas Thomas (Benoît Verhaert) is an acute agorophobe who lives in a hermetically sealed apartment. With the help of technology and virtual reality, he never has to leave his home. When a government prostitution program brings Thomas into contact with real people, he finds his possible soul mate in one of the prostitutes, Eva (Aylin Yay).

Director: Pierre-Paul Renders
Screenwriter: Philippe Blasband
Distributor: IFC Films
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: French (Canada)
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 3, 2001, Wide
Release Date (DVD): Dec 31, 2002
Box Office (Gross USA): $82.5K
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)