A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy’s intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.
The expected punch line... never materializes, so I guess this must be a drama after all.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
10 May 2013
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It's fiction about life that becomes fiction that might be life - and the viewer happily dives in.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
16 May 2013
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Ozon and the script move a little too far afield and hold on a bit too long as the film approaches its end. Still, "In the House" has enough trippy truth to it to grab your interest and shake your mind.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
24 May 2013
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The film treats imagination-and talent-in certain hands as an almost mystical force.
– Stanley Kauffmann,
The New Republic,
14 Jun 2013
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In the House is a tour de force about two yarn-spinners -- Claude and Germain -- whose lives devolve into chaos.