A man and a woman, secretly in love, alone in a room. They desire each other, want each other, and even bite each other. In the afterglow, they share a few sweet nothings. At least the man seemed to believe they were nothing. Now under investigation by the police and the courts, what is he accused of?
The pleasure of a whodunit generally derives from trying to figure out who done it, but in the case of this arty, terminally obscure French mystery, most of the story has already transpired before one can even piece together what was done.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
23 Oct 2014
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It's an accomplished film, if a bit cool and tidy; you wish there were a little more to it.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
23 Oct 2014
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'The Blue Room" is a tight little look at love gone wrong, something of a stripped-down French "Gone Girl" without the surprises.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
24 Oct 2014
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A dazzling deconstruction of the mystery genre that turns its conventions on their heads.
– Tirdad Derakhshani,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
31 Oct 2014
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The ultimate triumph in what Amalric has done is to show us all the different forces that can be at work in an affair.