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04/01/06
Chaos (2003)
88 %
Reviews Counted: 50 Fresh: 44 Rotten:6 Average Rating: 6.9/10
Consensus:
Anything but chaotic, Chaos makes a high-energy and award-worthy stab at bourgeois apathy and racial tensions in France, while musing on chance.
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Synopsis: Hélène and Paul are a bourgeois French couple who are constantly racing through the day to keep up with all of their obligations, barely taking the time to look at each other. As they are rushing off to an engagement, Paul and Hélène witness Malika, a young prostitute, being violently attacked... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Rachida Brakni, Catherine Frot, Vincent Lindon, Line Renaud, Aurelien Wiik
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08/07/05
A sort of female action/revenge fantasy whose knives are sheathed in amusement.
02/18/05
Coline Serreau's "Chaos" defies categorization. It is an exciting film--part thriller, comedy, revenge tale, and feminist drama, blended together with compelling finesse.
10/24/03
Most of the film is devoted to the central character, and thanks to Frot, she's a most likable heroine.
10/17/03
The plot twists, sneaky humor and Brakni's strong debut bring intriguing order from this Chaos.
10/17/03
What is surprising about “Chaos,” given the sometimes raw subject matter, is how broadly funny it often is.
08/21/03
There's a core of anger running throughout Chaos, particularly in the steely performances by its two female leads, that gives this satisfying feminist revenge drama/satire its soul.
07/25/03
Wild, sometimes sickening but surprisingly hilarious ride that never lets up even if it does stack the deck and is overly obvious in its implications and sexual politics.
07/25/03
At once a brilliant strike for feminism and a condemnation of a backwards culture, this controversial thriller is darkly amusing and disturbing cinema.
07/23/03
Writer-director Coline Serreau moves from stark drama to laughter with a tightrope walker's unerring balance.
07/22/03
Despite some odd pacing and a longish, off-putting flashback, Chaos succeeds more than it fails.
06/19/03
A hash of a diatribe, parading its hypocrite champions, trading in misanthropy, with a puzzling sense of self satisfaction.
06/05/03
The picture holds us, not only through our wonderment at the mixture but through Serreau's dexterity and her casting.
05/28/03
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