Isabelle Carré is superb as Anna, but the problem is the tone. Caught between psychological study and thriller, it aims for both - but achieves neither.
11/16/07 09:50 AM
Anna M. (2007)
62 %
Reviews Counted: 13 Fresh: 8 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 5.2/10
Rated: 15
Theatrical Release: 16-11-2007
Reviews
1 - 13 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Isabelle Carré brings a raw emotion to this French language film that elevates it from a so-so psychological drama to something deeply chilling.
11/16/07 09:19 AM
Top Critic The sheer ferocity of the central performance in this French psychological drama from writer-director Michel Spinosa is what saves it from being slightly one-dimensional.
11/16/07 04:36 AM
Top Critic Spinosa's film is stylish and careful not to over-dramatise.
11/15/07 09:56 AM
With a strong performance from Isabelle Carré, Anna M. is an entertaining film, but it is also confused and slight, and like its anti-heroine, is in need of a firmer grip on reality.
11/15/07 07:58 AM
Top Critic Writer-director Michel Spinosa, harnessing a powerhouse central performance from Carré, has managed to hit the ground between giddy Hollywood thriller and brooding arthouse character piece.
11/15/07 06:47 AM
Top Critic For a film that presents itself as a case-study, Anna M has no trouble in chucking plausibility out of the window - would she really get a job as a nanny with that loony smile and no references? - and suffers from a mystifying and unsatisfactory ending.
11/15/07 04:37 AM
Top Critic
Dodgy chapter titles and a ridiculous ending only confirm the impression that you're watching the art project of a second-year psychology student.
11/14/07 09:47 AM
Top Critic Unfortunately, as director Michel Spinosa has discovered, making a Fatal Attraction-esque thriller that’s also a serious study of mental illness is a lot harder than it sounds.
11/14/07 09:31 AM
A decent Parisian thriller that rides on the tails of a calling-card turn from Isabelle Carré as a lovelorn stalker-cum-social-menace who falls in love with her doctor.
11/14/07 09:10 AM
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