Review of Special Treatment (2010) by Olga T — 03 Nov 2010

The emphasis on role play allows Huppert one of her lighter recent 90 minutes - no-one gets too hurt - and the opportunity to raid the dressing-up box between scenes: her job, her role makes this a rare chance to see the actress in the guise of an Asian schoolgirl, a platinum-blonde dominatrix, and a meek 50s housewife, as well as in the more mundance capacity of a well-appointed middle-aged woman who, when she comes down to the earth from her hotel suites, doesn't really know where she is.

.. I'm not sure where all this gameplaying gets us in the end, beyond up the garden path and down the rabbit hole (the heroine's name may not be entirely coincidental) in some style; stylish it is, though, along with keen-eyed when it comes to its characters' foibles and hypocrisies.

A tart entertainment, in every sense of the word.