A fiercely intellectual film, Lafosse shears away any shred of sentimentality, although humanism remains.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

A fiercely intellectual film, Lafosse shears away any shred of sentimentality, although humanism remains.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film hovers in the grey area of Astrid's psyche, with long takes, often focused on Devos' features.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The film hovers in the grey area of Astrid's psyche, with long takes, often focused on Devos' features.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Lafosse makes excellent choices with his editor Marie-Hélène Dozo (long-time collaborator of Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne) in what is shown on screen and what is left out for us to fill in.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Lafosse makes excellent choices with his editor Marie-Hélène Dozo (long-time collaborator of Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne) in what is shown on screen and what is left out for us to fill in.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Private Property is an ostensibly simple film which reveals increasingly complex layers the more one thinks about it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Private Property is an ostensibly simple film which reveals increasingly complex layers the more one thinks about it.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Joachim LaFosse's film builds, inexorably, to an ending that we know from the start is coming.

~ Anton Bitel -

Joachim LaFosse's film builds, inexorably, to an ending that we know from the start is coming.

~ Anton Bitel -

The script takes an adult approach to emotions, even as it shows how childish a situation can become.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The script takes an adult approach to emotions, even as it shows how childish a situation can become.

~ Amber Wilkinson -