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A self-satisfied, utterly hollow Bacchanal.
Jessica Reaves, Chicago Tribune
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After his father's death, a young man is introduced to a world of hedonism and depravity by his amoral mother.
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110 minutes of Euro silliness mitigated only by the presence of Huppert and the striking ability of the actors to keep a straight face throughout this mess.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
Probably isn't for anyone not interested in the darkest corners of the human psyche, where sexual annihilation is the only response to a fallen world, where all moral bets are off, and where a boy's worst friend is his mother.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Rotten
[The climax] involves such a disturbing blend of unhealthy mother-son affection and physical pain that it gives new meaning to the term child -- not to mention audience -- abuse.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Rotten
It could stand as Exhibit A for why French auteurs are a tough sell to the average seeker of entertainment.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
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