Review of Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) by Jeremyp — 09 May 2015

It's all about people talking about a play that is being redone and an actress who has to switch her role from predator to victim. If you like metaphors and symbols being dropped galore then you might get into it.

For me it's a too long, too overdrawn conversation by boring people on a boring subject. When the French use English as their main language the intelligence seems too obvious and the dialog too faux. Actors talking about acting is never as interesting as their performances.

I'd rather see a movie about a dialog between a screen writer and a director.