Nathalie could enhance an academic film studies collection focused on French cinema, particularly films made by women...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 20, 2022

Despite Fontaine and Fieschi's best intentions, Nathalie ultimately plays as the kind of film it purports to deconstruct. That's a shame, given the quality of the ménage á trios of leads.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 18, 2019

One fears at this point that [director Anne] Fontaine's considerable talent has been submerged for the sake of Euro-prestige.

| Oct 17, 2018

... the conceit works beautifully with the right personalities, talented and uninhibited, engaged in its execution.

Full Review | Apr 28, 2006

well-mannered, though never dull

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 23, 2006

Exceptional performances and the oh-so-Frenchness of the complications produce an erotic tale that plays like the best gossipy story you ever heard about people you thought you knew.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 14, 2006

Nathalie... offers compelling food for thought, with a little visual stimulation thrown in on the side.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 14, 2006

Beguiling and surprising.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 14, 2006

Between the leonine Ardant, the streets of Paris, and the nearly hypnotic score by Michael Nyman, the sophisticated Nathalie oozes with elegance.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 13, 2006

A woman (Fanny Ardant) hires a prostitute (Emmanuelle Béart) to seduce her unfaithful husband (Gérard Depardieu) in Anne Fontaine's seductive and intriguing film.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 13, 2006

Nathalie is intricate, provocative, cleanly acted, but it's never entirely convincing -- and never more so than in the table-turning climax.

| Apr 11, 2006

Talky, but with an interesting performance by Depardieu.

| Original Score: B | Apr 11, 2006

Viva la anti-feminism!

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Apr 7, 2006

French sexual politics may not resonate with American sensibilities

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 5, 2006

A final big 'twist,' which should be no surprise..., sets everything to right again, a case of French marital therapy by way of the Red Shoe Diaries.

| Original Score: C | Jul 4, 2005

The film's considerable eroticism is all in the atmosphere and the dialogue.

| Original Score: B | Dec 5, 2004

Deals with the impleasantries of sexual behavior without submitting to the level of cheap softcore theatrics.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 14, 2004

Worth a look, especially if you appreciate the very particular and sometimes peculiar charms of contemporary French cinema.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 24, 2004

A stylish, sharply observed erotic mystery.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 19, 2004

A decent import with a nice ending -- and you couldn't ask for better acting talent.

Full Review | Aug 7, 2004