Gentle Monster

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

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

Aside from a few deeply unsettling moments and a constant sense of doubt, it never gets as bold or deep as its suffocating premise demands. One thing is for sure, we don't deserve Léa Seydoux and neither does the film.

Taha

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

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

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

is it worse to be married to a pervert or descended from one?

cookie

Bro seriously thought that making up a Chris Hansen excuse was going to fly 💀

alexgiu