Rebecca Zlotowski's atomically charged French drama radiates unmissable intrigue.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 25, 2021

[R]iveting when it focuses on the details and dangers of the job, less so when it devolves into a sexy working-class soap opera.

| Oct 12, 2020

A superlative portrait of contaminated passion.

| Aug 20, 2019

Grand Central's sensitive portrayal of this downtrodden group of working men and women has a sense of earthy reality that manages to show without ever resorting to overt sentimentality.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 2, 2019

Grand Central plays too soft for a film with seemingly so much at stake; visually, the film is stunning, but it's missing the depth necessary for a timeless dramatic film.

| Mar 1, 2019

The scariest part of this film is when the beepers indicating excessive exposure to invisible death rays go haywire. But director Rebecca Zlotowski focuses more on an underpowered love story.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 27, 2016

[Grand Central] starts as a piece of gritty social realism and gradually evolves into an old-fashioned romantic melodrama, but Zlotowski maintains such strong control over the material that the change doesn't feel jarring.

| Jun 18, 2015

The performances all round are really good.

| Jul 24, 2014

Rahim and Seydoux keep things grounded in the familiar isotopes of human emotion, their passion less explosive than merely uncontained, progressing inexorably toward meltdown.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 20, 2014

The plotting may be contrived but Zlotowski cranks up the tension effectively enough as Rahim has to deal with both the threat of radiation poisoning and the consequences of his illicit affair.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 18, 2014

The film's white trash world of hip-hop, trailer parks, cheap clothes and cheaper wine is beautifully realised.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 18, 2014

Zlotowski takes admirable risks, and the result is a flawed, provocative curio.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 18, 2014

A torrid attraction and a toxic workplace make a potent combination in Grand Central, a French drama reliant on the smouldering charms of Tahar Rahim and Lea Seydoux.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 17, 2014

I found it gripping, with an edge of delirium; the locations within the power station are positively Kubrickian; there's a disquieting electronic score and Tahar Rahim gives a very open, generous performance.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 17, 2014

A gripping if occasionally overwrought drama radiated by a standout turn from Seydoux.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 17, 2014

Alternately fascinating and frustrating.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 17, 2014

Seydoux, in particular, is saddled with an arbitrary, enigmatic vixen role in an ultimately too slight drama where ambiguities aren't really a virtue.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 17, 2014

Without making a vamp of herself, Seydoux goes from strength to strength, and Rahim is as nervy, reliable, and relatable as ever.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 17, 2014

Hot off Blue Is The Warmest Colour, Seydoux again offers a frank turn, while Rahim and Ménochet add real class.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 14, 2014

By focusing on a man who's not only inept, but cavalier about his own [radiation] exposure, "Grand Central" is full of tense moments. If only the romance [Zlotowski] bogs down with symbolism were as enthralling.

| Original Score: B- | Jul 4, 2014