Review of Elle (2016) by Jessica Kiang for The Playlist — 20 May 2016
The list of the film’s transgressions against the culturally acceptable is almost gratuitously long. But the spine of self-aware intelligence that runs through even its most grotesque, exploitative, and offensive twists, and the basically incredible, irreplaceable central performance from Isabelle Huppert, make this queasily hilarious mass of contradictions just about cohere.
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This review of Elle (2016) was written by Jessica Kiang and published by The Playlist on 20 May 2016.
Elle has generally received positive reviews.
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