Crawling onto the razor's edge with bare hands, Jacques Audiard's film generates daringly uncomfortable, psychologically dangerous heat rarely found in romance of any stripe. Exhilaratingly paced, cleverly suspenseful and tastefully erotic.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 17, 2010

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 7, 2008

Un film en constante progression dmarrant sur la note d'un drame exceptionnel pour se terminer sous les traits d'un des suspenses les mieux nantis des annes 2000

| Original Score: 8/10 | Mar 16, 2006

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 80/100 | May 13, 2005

May be the finest thriller/romance hybrid of the new century.

| Original Score: A- | May 4, 2005

| Original Score: 8/10 | Oct 7, 2004

| Original Score: B- | Aug 7, 2004

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 16, 2004

Like the Vertigo-inspired Chinese film Suzhou River, it pays homage to Hitchcock without copying, and the results are original and thrilling in their own right.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 13, 2004

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| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 7, 2004

Muito bem estruturada, a narrativa aproveita ao mximo suas vrias reviravoltas para criar suspense e tambm para estabelecer uma forte tenso sexual entre os protagonistas.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 24, 2003

"Read My Lips" surprises by making the viewer care more about the characters than the plot.

Full Review | Original Score: A | Jul 29, 2003

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 19, 2003

Art-house to the core, Read My Lips is a genre-curling crime story that revives the free-wheeling noir spirit of old French cinema.

| Original Score: B+ | May 27, 2003

A delectable and intriguing thriller filled with surprises, Read My Lips is an original. This is a story of two misfits who don't stand a chance alone, but together they are magnificent.

| Apr 26, 2003

Bring a date too, after this you might look at each other in a whole new light.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 8, 2003

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 2, 2003

The crime matters less than the characters, although the filmmakers supply enough complications, close calls and double-crosses to satisfy us.

| Jan 10, 2003

The fascinating, evolving relationship between Carla and Paul is the real subject of Read My Lips. The labyrinthine crime-drama landscape they navigate is the icing on the cake.

| Original Score: B | Dec 27, 2002