Special Treatment
Comedy, Drama
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2010
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Drawing some intriguing parallels between the work of the prostitute and that of the psychiatrist-both have clients, both charge for sessions, both take on roles that serve the needs, psychological or otherwise, of those they serve, Jeanne Labrune's drama stars Isabelle Huppert and Bouli Lanners as, respectively, Alice, a disaffected call girl and Xavier, a shrink with a crumbling domestic situation.
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Rated:
Unrated
Runtime:
95 min
Release date:
29 Sep 2010
Country:
FR, LU, BE
Languages:
French
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
N/A
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Though the parallels drawn between therapy and prostitution grow tiresome, the duo's interaction is peppered with inspired comedic moments.
– Ignatiy Vishnevetsky,
Chicago Reader,
13 Oct 2011
fresh:
At the end, there is no great revelation, but Huppert has succeeded once again in making us wonder what's going on in there.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
6 Oct 2011
fresh:
Complex, compassionate and endlessly illuminating...
– Kevin Thomas,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Sep 2011
fresh:
It isn't a lightweight erotic romp at all, but a complicated and delicate two-person odyssey that's much richer and subtler than that.
– Andrew O'Hehir,
Salon.com,
28 Aug 2011
rotten:
As cliches trot through their sessions - it's like "In Treatment" as bedroom farce - we check out. Huppert, though, is as fearless as ever.
– Joe Neumaier,
New York Daily News,
26 Aug 2011