Between 2.5 and 3. Difficult to valorate. In the first part, there is little psychological explanation about the characters. In the second, you feel empathy by this woman, but you regret decisions which, being legitimate (most of them), you feel that could be others and life of everybody would not become so complicated. Kristin Scott Thomas is marvelous, as usual.

Intense and impressive portrayal of a woman who goes so far blinded by love, all thanks to Kristin Scott Thomas.

I don't quite understand the hate that this film got from users and critics alike. Kristin Scott Thomas has landed in a number of French dramas and this is her best performance. The entire cast actually is excellent at keeping the tension level appropriate leading to a thrilling end.

Scott Thomas gives a great performance but the film is to short and too black and white. The hubby is a baddie - she a goodie etc BUT its still a great drama with a terrific little ending

...passionate and honest ~ this is a story of an uncontrolled attempt to bring love and passion into an unhappy life. Boredom and sexual frustration have taken Suzanne (Kristin Scott Thomas) to a level that even she does not realise, until the rogue Ivan (Sergi Lopez) appears in her life, and unleashes a passion and desire that goes beyond all reason and thought. Samuel (Yvan Attal), Suzanne's successful husband, who comes across as 'run of the mill' spouse, is unable to pacify his wife's feeling in any way, and is forced to step aside as Suzanne, leaving him and their two children, leaves them for Ivan. The story isn't a happy one for Suzanne and Ivan, as they cannot support themselves, and are forced in desperate measures. Not a happy film, but a good one, and very real. It does not attempt to 'sugar coat' any of the bitterness that surfaces between Suzanne and Samuel. Kristen Scott Thomas is clearly as good an actress speaking in french, and, as always, produces an excellent performance. Enjoyed it...

Not quite the standard affair story given it explores the desperation to stay together despite being financially cut off by the more powerful hurt party. The greatest achievement is its emphasis on realism.

I liked this better than 'I am Love' which we also watched recently. Both are about women who cheat on their husbands, with a feminist subtext suggesting that they have unfulfilled lives as wives and mothers. While Tilda Swinton is ice cold in the Italian movie, here Kristin Scott-Thomas is passionate in a French movie. The narrative is told in a very straightforward way, although the opening tease has a twist. No further spoilers. Not a very nice story, but very watchable.

enjoyable story of a woman's life collapsing around her as she embarks on an illicit, actually not quite so illicit, affair. I think the story of Suzanne and Ivan has got some more chapters yet......

Why did I watch this movie, I'm sad!!

A decent film. The story is flawed. The acting is good. Could be better.

not usually a fan of arthouse film. pretty good though.

It is almost impossible for me not to like a film with Kristin Scott Thomas because she so wondrously plays complex women with deep interiors, and her role as Suzanne in "Leaving" is no exception. Sergi Lopez was interesting too, plus I love the cinematography and pacing of French films in general.

a portrayal of infidelity in marriages... why are promises to love and hold each other exclusively within a marriage so easily broken?

Absolute dribble. Trying to be an "artsy" version of "sleeping with the enemy" without any sense of direction. It seemed like it was just sort of drifting towards the conclusion. It completely left out the perspective of the children and there is nothing original in the story. Waste of time.

cuál es el costo de la felciidad? hmmm suuper entretenida

This movie was a tour de force for Kristne Scott Thomas. She does a superlative job with the role. The movie does a great job of focusing on the pain and irrationality of a broken relationship. What the movie had to do to be excellent was establish the "broken cause" of the relationship. The characters only show a snippet of a disconnect in the beginning of the movie. The husband is portrayed, in the end, as relentlessly controlling. This should have been established in the beginning of the film to make the dalliance believable and real. Then we could easily understand the cause of the infidelity and understand why the main character would leave her husband and her children.

A fine romantic drama even though I didn't feel anything towards the sad, cold blooded wife.

Great performance by Kristin Scott Thomas makes this worth seeing but film could have used more character background to explain motivations and perhaps a stronger ending.

Wonderful Kristin Scott Thomas in a not so wonderful movie.

Switch-hitter Kristin Scott-Thomas (who is not merely bilingual but can "be" French or English as needed) delivers a devastating performance as the bored housewife of a physician. Unlike the vastly over-rated (indeed in my book fatuous) "English Patient," this is an absorbing movie with a real shocker ending.