Benoît Jacquot’s treatment of the text is devoid of either formal obsessiveness or a contemporary hook.
The premise of The Intouchables alone nearly renders analysis redundant.
Denis Dercourt’s The Page Turner is a French thriller without a single thrill.
On the small screen, Amélie is somehow easier to swallow, but her whimsy is no less poisonous.
Smug and self-infatuated, it’s definitely something to chew on…just bring a barf bag.