Gentle Monster

Marie Kreutzer’s “Gentle Monster” opens with virtuoso musician Lucy Weiss (Léa Seydoux) sitting at the piano in her Munich apartment and plunking out a stilted but affecting cover of Charles & Eddie’s neo-soul classic “Would I Lie to You?” This is before her Austrian…

davidehrlich

Never quite goes as far as it could or should.

Amanda the Jedi

I’m not sure the film tackled its subject matter successfully, but Léa Seydoux was sublime as an avant-garde pianist, and the police officer’s taste in music was excellent.

Kylo

GENTLE MONSTER is an absolutely stomach-churning film from Marie Kreutzer about a woman confronted with a harrowing revelation about her husband. Léa Seydoux is phenomenal as a woman caught between the love she still feels for her husband, the instinct to remain in denial,…

Matt Neglia

Was pretty locked in for this one. The direction is tight, the atmosphere is tense, Seydoux is great. But as provocative as the subject is, it didn’t end up asking many provocative questions. It is also perhaps trying to say something that is kinda weird to say? Idk……

The Oscar Expert

Picks at its point of tension a little too often, offering little room to move beyond its initial response. Don’t get me wrong, what’s here is still fairly thoughtful and confrontational, I just think it gets bogged down in repetition, especially when it tries to…

claira curtis

Léa Seydoux just gave us a masterclass in acting. Marie Kreutzer just gave us a smart, complex and challenging piece of filmmaking. Together they’ve made something truly exceptional. Side note: shame on the people who asked the most idiotic questions at tonight’s…

B E R T

is it worse to be married to a pervert or related to one?

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Léa Seydoux gives a masterful performance in the gripping drama Gentle Monster, about a celebrated pianist and mother of a young boy who learns a horrific truth about her husband. The screenplay can be a little unfocused at times, but the devastating Seydoux makes this a…

Brian Rowe