Review of Special Treatment (2010) by Kenton M — 17 May 2011

Special Treatment, is not a movie that is really dealing with anything new in terms of a storyline, more this is sort of one of those quintessential French films that deals with questions of life, happiness, connection, hope and the like, in that way that you know you are watching a French film.

Isabelle Huppert is fun to watch as the high-class sex trade worker (and given her age, it is good to see that directors still think women of a certain age can pull off such roles), and while I did like the ideas of her questioning her profession and life, and coming into contact with a psychoanalyst that is her exact opposite on the outside but seeemingly desired more of what her life was like on the inside..... it just was never something that rose much beyond what I have seen before.

The "sex" scenes are pretty tame given the different situations that some of the clients desired in their avenues of release, and that to was something that left me a bit off put about this film. It was a bit to.... generic for my liking for the ideas it was trying to speak to.

Still, a good rental for a rainy Sunday afternoon for those whom like a bit of thought in their movie watching. But definitely not one for the kids (unless your ready to do a whole lot of explaining about humans needs and desires).