Keeps holding out a promise of insight into its young protagonist's mentality and makeup, but ends up merely observing her from a cool distance, as if through the binoculars from the opening scene.

~ Anton Bitel -

Keeps holding out a promise of insight into its young protagonist's mentality and makeup, but ends up merely observing her from a cool distance, as if through the binoculars from the opening scene.

~ Anton Bitel -

Artfully confected and directed with a light touch, this is a layered yet knowingly insubstantial creation, un amour choux.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Artfully confected and directed with a light touch, this is a layered yet knowingly insubstantial creation, un amour choux.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The drama of Julia's modern life quite simply can't compete with the history lesson that has gone before.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The drama of Julia's modern life quite simply can't compete with the history lesson that has gone before.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Though its tendency to whimsy means it’s not quite as tightly plotted as it needs to be, this charismatic little thriller still manages to punch above its weight.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Though its tendency to whimsy means it’s not quite as tightly plotted as it needs to be, this charismatic little thriller still manages to punch above its weight.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The camera is always very close to the actors, in their faces, capturing what can only be done in fiction.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The camera is always very close to the actors, in their faces, capturing what can only be done in fiction.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

The cast aren't helped by René Manzor's confused script that takes a blatantly humourous premise far too seriously and then is unsure whether to turn it into a weighty drama, or a twisty thriller.

~ David Haviland -

The cast aren't helped by René Manzor's confused script that takes a blatantly humourous premise far too seriously and then is unsure whether to turn it into a weighty drama, or a twisty thriller.

~ David Haviland -

Brimming with charm.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Brimming with charm.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

It is good to see Kristin Scott Thomas, often underused, in a role which makes real demands on her talents.

~ Val Kermode -

It is good to see Kristin Scott Thomas, often underused, in a role which makes real demands on her talents.

~ Val Kermode -

Carre and Gamblin infuse their performances with an intimacy that feels real.

~ Sarah Artt -

Carre and Gamblin infuse their performances with an intimacy that feels real.

~ Sarah Artt -

A tense exploration of relationships and human frailty, helped enormously by Beatrice Thiriet's wonderfully evocative score.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A tense exploration of relationships and human frailty, helped enormously by Beatrice Thiriet's wonderfully evocative score.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The performances are immaculate.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The performances are immaculate.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Ozon does not smooth over the rough edges and the icy roads stay icy.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Ozon does not smooth over the rough edges and the icy roads stay icy.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -