While it may take a few viewings to sort the details out, much about L'Intrus lingers, shimmering quietly in the memory.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
7 Apr 2006
fresh:
An interior epic with epic exteriors, a film with very little dialogue, where the pictures (photographed by the great Agnes Godard), actors and the juxtaposition of both tell the story.
– G. Allen Johnson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
31 Mar 2006
fresh:
Never has Denis demanded so much from audiences as with this shimmering enigma, at once intimate and epic, but it's worth the effort and then some.
– Kevin Thomas,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar 2006
fresh:
A beautiful, complex work that challenges viewers to mentally sift interior and exterior journeys.
– Jay Weissberg,
Variety,
16 Mar 2006
fresh:
Denis composes a majestic dream book of shots and sequences.