Review of The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq (2014) by Jillian L — 17 Feb 2015

Funny, oblique take on kidnapping. Very warm, sometimes thoughtful and very dry.

This review of The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq (2014) was written by Jillian L on 17 Feb 2015.

The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq

Review of The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq (2014)

By Joshua O (97) on 10 Jun 2015

Hilarious postmodern movie. Worth your time…

Read Review

Review of The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq (2014)

By Kent Turner (504) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 27 Apr 2014

Droll, deadpan, and, ultimately, disarming, The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq has a singular charm, even if you have never heard of the…

Read Review

Review of The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq (2014)

By Hugo Hernández Valdivia (119) for Cinexcepción (119) on 12 Dec 2017

moves between fiction and documentary; between the density of drama and the lightness of comedy... [Full review in Spanish]…

Read Review

Review of The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq (2014)

By Sean Burns (1,156) for Movie Mezzanine (782) on 31 Mar 2015

A most curious film. What follows is something like an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm with the volume turned down…

Read Review

Review of The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq (2014)

By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 17 Sep 2014

I hesitate to say it, but ... a star is born…

Read Review

Review of The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq (2014)

By Richard Brody (868) for New Yorker (1,403) on 23 Mar 2015

A self-portrait in marginalia as well as a purposeful goof on the vigorous, menacing, mucky stuff of life outside the pristine precincts of art…

Read Review

Review of The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq (2014)

By Michael D (2,363) on 12 Jan 2015

A very amusing anti-thriller featuring possibly the most contentious 'serious' writer on the planet, and a bunch of very amenable, if profoundly…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

More Reviews by Jillian L

Review of Iron Man 3 (2013)

By Jillian L (290) on 08 Jun 2016

Iron man 3 was far more of a success than iron man 2, but it didn't meet the standards of iron man or the avengers…

Read Review

Review of The Greatest Showman (2017)

By Jillian L (290) on 15 Apr 2018

Best movie I ever saw, and the actor choice was amazing!! Alltogether Zac Efron and Zendaya were amazing together…

Read Review

Review of The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)

By Jillian L (290) on 11 Sep 2015

I finally watched it all the way through and i'm glad I did…

Read Review

Review of Black Sea (2014)

By Jillian L (290) on 30 Jan 2015

Though I give them props for the effort, it's a long bore of a movie that rarely accomplishes anything…

Read Review

Review of Eden (2014)

By Jillian L (290) on 01 Jul 2015

The film was very well done, but I was disappointed to learn that the actual person who inspired it provided a false account…

Read Review

Review of Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)

By Jillian L (290) on 20 Apr 2015

Really well done. The trio of ladies at the helm of this all give fantastic performances…

Read Review

Review of Zoom (2016)

By Jillian L (290) on 04 Sep 2016

This is such a trippy, clever, little movie…

Read Review

Review of Eden (2012)

By Jillian L (290) on 01 Jul 2015

The film was very well done, but I was disappointed to learn that the actual person who inspired it provided a false account…

Read Review

Review of The Judge (2014)

By Jillian L (290) on 20 Feb 2015

I'm kind of on the fence on this one. In terms of plot, this wasn't exactly anything revolutionary…

Read Review

Review of The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

By Jillian L (290) on 14 Feb 2015

Buena escenografia, buen reparto, buena historia…

Read Review

More Reviews by Jillian L

Popular Movies Right Now

Purple Hearts

2022

56%11 Reviews

Joker

2019

81%299 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

Oppenheimer

2023

85%310 Reviews

Nope

2022

68%181 Reviews

The Judge

2014

67%866 Reviews

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017

78%1,656 Reviews

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

Split

2017

71%1,218 Reviews