NY Timeout: This trashy Kristin Scott Thomas vehicle is never less than a hoot—an unintentional one, if we’re to take the film’s lugubriously solemn tones at face value. The parody-ready opening sees French-English housewife Suzanne (Scott Thomas)—a look of utter, I say, utter despair on her face—rise from her bed, walk dejectedly into another room and, supposedly, shoot herself. Cue titles! Cowriter-director Catherine Corsini composes the images so staidly that they scream “seriousness!” even as they inspire snickers.
Empire Online: When middle-class mother Suzanne (Scott Thomas) begins a fiery affair with the man she's hired to build her studio, the fallout becomes all-consuming.
