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By Marc Mohan (821) for Oregonian (1,550) on 08 May 2013

A slick psychological thriller that veers into dark comedy the more absurd it gets, In the House demonstrates the dangers of addiction -- not…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 08 May 2013

The seductions of storytelling drive In the House, a cleverly structured comic thriller rich with narrative trickery and macabre humor…

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By Jim Emerson (69) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 08 May 2013

In the House might well be called In the Story because that's where it plays out: the house in the story and the story in the house…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 07 May 2013

It's amusing and unexpected, capturing the compulsive spirit of writing with wit and attention to mischief that keeps it unpredictable to the…

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for New Yorker (1,403) on 28 Apr 2013

The result is endlessly playful, although the rules of the game, in Ozon's hands, could hardly be graver, and what can be at stake, in the…

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By John Anderson (1,358) for Newsday (2,345) on 24 Apr 2013

Ozon is an artful provocateur and observer of human nature…

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By Ryan Gilbey (367) for New Statesman (382) on 21 Apr 2013

To watch it is to be simultaneously seduced and interrogated…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 20 Apr 2013

François Ozon's slow-burn comic thriller is a sensitive observation of a global race-to-the-bottom that is devaluing culture in all of its…

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By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 18 Apr 2013

Less focused than most of (writer-director Francois) Ozon's previous films…

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By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for Film.com (1,892) on 18 Apr 2013

With its wheels-within-wheels structure and ubiquitous jibber-jabber between neophyte and guide In the House is something of a lit major's Inception…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 18 Apr 2013

Mostly, the film's a confident, very sophisticated meditation on art - on why we need it, how we identify with it and what it gives our lives…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 18 Apr 2013

Darkly funny and utterly compelling, it's arguably the best teacher-student movie since 1999's Election…

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By Betsy Sharkey (695) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 17 Apr 2013

The final scene is so open-ended that like Germain, you won't want the story to end…

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By T'cha Dunlevy (129) for Montreal Gazette (210) on 17 Apr 2013

Even though the buildup doesn't yield the anticipated payoff, [In the House] remains a slick, artful and highly entertaining ride…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 17 Apr 2013

With its complex look at storytelling, imagination and the teacher-student dynamic, In the House is an elaborate cinematic fresco…

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By Ella Taylor (978) for NPR (1,713) on 17 Apr 2013

Ozon keeps sliding between genres (Now we are in bad farce, scolds the teacher) to explore what really interests him - the creative process itself…

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By Marshall Fine (1,011) for Hollywood & Fine (854) on 17 Apr 2013

It's a mind-tickler of exquisite precision that saves some of its surprises for the finale…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for New York Observer (1,400) on 16 Apr 2013

The heat turns chilly before it ends, but for the most part, François Ozon is back in the catbird seat with In the House…

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By Nick Mccarthy (53) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 16 Apr 2013

It's buoyant and titillates, striking that distinctly Ozonian balance between the beautiful and the sinister, but it doesn't resonate…

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By Eric Hynes (189) for Time Out (7,510) on 15 Apr 2013

Luchini's dependable deadpan goes a long way toward making the puzzle pieces snap pleasingly into place, but as with most such endeavors, In…

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