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By Jean Lowerison (512) for San Diego Metropolitan (486) on 20 Oct 2002

Highly recommended as an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and the elements which contributed to it…

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By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for Arizona Daily Star (983) on 26 Sep 2002

The dreamy, almost poetic nature is entrancing…

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By Anita Schmaltz (53) for Metro Times (Detroit, MI) (691) on 05 Sep 2002

The film is stark, straightforward and deadly... an unnatural calm that's occasionally shaken by...blasts of rage, and later, violent jealousy…

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By Jeffrey Bruner (125) for Des Moines Register (125) on 07 Aug 2002

Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Murderous Maids is how restrained and sensitive French director Jean-Pierre Denis keeps his film…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 18 Jul 2002

Beautifully crafted and cooly unsettling...recreates the atmosphere of the crime expertly…

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By Cherryl Dawson And Leigh Ann Palone (956) for TheMovieChicks.com (956) on 18 Jul 2002

Dark and disturbing, yet compelling to watch…

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By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 17 Jul 2002

Though far from a feel-good affair, it is never cheap or cynical. Its creepiness is well-earned…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 11 Jul 2002

May ultimately be no more than the sum of its (body) parts, but it's still a ghastly service-industry horror story - a film to make you wonder…

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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 08 Jul 2002

Murderous Maids pulls no punches in its depiction of the lives of the Papin sister and the events that led to their notorious rise to infamy…

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By Ed Scheid (39) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 29 Jun 2002

Becomes a fascinating study of isolation and frustration that successfully recreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the…

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By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 19 Jun 2002

Lucidity, austerity and quiet compassion are peculiar virtues to ascribe to a movie about a horrific real-life murder case, but those are among…

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By Stephen Hunter (927) for Washington Post (9,851) on 30 May 2002

The movie avoids sensationalism. What it requires and what it delivers is performance…

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By Greg Muskewitz (87) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 12 May 2002

Jean-Pierre Denis' quiet approach to the stentorian amorality and fetid machinations brand him heavily as either voyeur or nihilist, with a…

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By Kevin Thomas (1,201) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 02 May 2002

Denis and Testud, in a wondrous collaboration of a gifted director and equally gifted actress, succeed in making Christine a tragic figure…

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By Jean Oppenheimer (118) for New Times (467) on 01 May 2002

The film proves unrelentingly grim -- and equally engrossing…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Salon.com (2,725) on 24 Apr 2002

There's a curiously ho-hum quality to the murders, despite the fact that the two victims are bludgeoned, sliced, chopped and jabbed, and also…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 13 Feb 2002

A chilling tale of one of the great crimes of 20th Century France: the murder of two rich women by their servants in 1933…

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