Based on the best-selling novel by Alessandro Baricco, this visually stunning film tells the story of a French trader who finds unexpected love far away from home.
Francois Girard's Silk is not merely painterly. It might as well be a painting, for all that it eschews storytelling, forcing the viewer to scan the lush imagery in search of clues to what, if anything, might be going on.
– Susan Walker,
Toronto Star,
28 Sep 2007
rotten:
Though elegantly staged, Silk is badly written and indifferently cast.
– Stephen Cole,
Globe and Mail,
28 Sep 2007
rotten:
Sensual but profoundly silly, Silk is ultimately little more than softcore porn with arthouse trappings, a moony, dopily romantic Red Shoe Diaries variation for the NPR set.
– Nathan Rabin,
AV Club,
22 Sep 2007
rotten:
Silk isn't just bad. It's utterly mad.
– Julia Wallace,
Village Voice,
18 Sep 2007
rotten:
It's a perfect example of how awful direction and performances can ruin an adequate screenplay.