Because she picked the wrong door, Anna ends up confessing her marriage problems to a financial adviser named William Faber. Touched by her distress, somewhat excited as well, Faber does not have the courage to tell her that he is not a psychiatrist. From appointment to appointment, a strange ritual is created between them. William is moved and fascinated to hear the secrets no man ever heard.
Focusing on the expressive repression on his actors' faces, and keeping his camera so close to his subjects that you share their sense of wilful withdrawal from everything around them, Leconte keeps you riveted to the screen.
– Geoff Pevere,
Toronto Star,
21 Aug 2004
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What's at stake in Intimate Strangers is something quite small: The relationship between two lonely people. We care because Leconte helps us to understand their isolation, and we end up sharing their thirst for human contact.
– Jay Boyar,
Orlando Sentinel,
27 Aug 2004
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An Adults Only movie in the best sense of the term.
– Richard Schickel,
TIME Magazine,
2 Sep 2004
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Those who know if they like the world of Leconte -- like those who know they like the world of Eric Rohmer or Jacques Rivette -- will look forward to seeing this film the way they might look forward to a fine meal prepared by a great chef.
– Richard Nilsen,
Arizona Republic,
2 Sep 2004
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A mysterious love story takes chances and mostly succeeds.