Fresh
The movie's a maelstrom of possibilities touching ethnic relations, high art, fashion and modern morality, not to mention cinema.
Sid Smith, Chicago Tribune
Diva
Her voice was his calling.
1981 · 1h 57m · R
Action, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Jean-Jacques Beineix
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Diva
Overview
Jules, a young Parisian postman, secretly records a concert performance given by the opera singer Cynthia Hawkins, whom he idolises. The following day, Jules runs into a woman who is being pursued by armed thugs. Before she is killed, the woman slips an audio cassette into his mail bag...
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97%
Tomatometer
Rotten
As with so many pop moments a quarter-century on, what once looked sexy now smells a little sexist.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Fresh
Diva, as a lifestyle, a fantasy, a model for alienation and solipsism and eccentricity, has gone deep into all of us.
Philip Kennicott, Washington Post
Rotten
An elaborate, subtitled exercise in blowing hot air.
David Fear, Time Out New York
Fresh
A light-headed, fleet-footed French caper, Jean-Jacques Beineix's ultra-stylish Diva stormed the art houses when it was released in 1982, and it's still a lot of fun now -- though its hip patina feels more quaint these days than cool.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
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