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By Bruce Demara (410) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 16 Jan 2014

Writer/director Alain Guiraudie weaves a dark and intriguing tale of desire and menace in a moralistically ambiguous setting, a gay cruising ground…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 15 Jan 2014

The movie is voyeuristic, sure, but in a way that evokes Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window more than William Friedkin's Cruising…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 14 Jan 2014

This different and original minimalist drama (no music soundtrack, only one scene exhibited) is a meditation on passionate love and violent…

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By Christopher S (2,154) on 10 Jan 2014

A romantic man called Frank witnesses his crush, an enigmatic sexy man called Michel, drown his lover, yet his blind love makes him engage…

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By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 09 Jan 2014

Never leaving the isolated location and with uneasy detail that doesn't distract from the main plot, Guiraudie's film eventually turns scary…

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By Christina G (213) on 16 Dec 2013

A much-hyped critics-darling since Cannes this year, a sudden bonanza for French director/writer Guiraudie, it ends up both in this year's…

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By David H (2,838) on 14 Dec 2013

Stranger By The Lake (2013, France): consuming, intoxicating, and unapologetic portrayal of homosexual passion and crime…

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By Alfin N (428) on 13 Dec 2013

A nude beach for men in the French countryside where they swim in the lake and cruise in (and with) the woods, but then a murder happens…

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By Roman R (421) on 09 Dec 2013

Stranger by the Lake, declarada la película del año por Cahier Du Cinema (…

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By Rafael S (197) on 07 Dec 2013

Definitely not a movie for the traditional, typical, or simple-minded à la Hollywood…

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By James S (2,117) on 03 Dec 2013

Good movie, wish it had ended differently…

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By Nizar E (31) on 02 Dec 2013

I think this might be the first noir movie about gay relationships, and the first movie to say (Love is Blind) even for homosexuals…

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By Luciene C (100) on 30 Nov 2013

A história é tão simples que o suspense criado acaba sendo uma surpresa. Com um final melhor, ganharia a quarta estrelinha. :)…

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By Joshua C (923) on 27 Nov 2013

Subtle but highly effective, minimalistic but never lacking drama or emotions, and raw and surreal but never coming-off-as-fake-nor-pretentious,…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 13 Nov 2013

Writer-director Alain Guiraudie gives the proceedings an almost clinical detachment, and consequently Stranger by the Lake has an air of Hitchcock…

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By Drew Hunt (128) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 Nov 2013

A career-best effort by French writer-director Alain Guiraudie…

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By T'cha Dunlevy (129) for Montreal Gazette (210) on 24 Oct 2013

You'll leave the cinema breathless, but sated…

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By Randy M (359) on 20 Oct 2013

An original, effective and very erotic psychological thriller set on a picturesque gay cruising ground, exploring themes not only of love and…

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By Ws W (1,791) on 19 Oct 2013

Looks it has something to say about the cruising scene in gay world & alerting which could be fatal- Interesting…

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By Gabriel C (666) on 18 Oct 2013

One of the finest films of the year; it's transgressive but in an almost unassuming way. Funny, sexy, lyrical, dark, dangerous, beautiful…

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