Review of The Exterminating Angels (2006) by Caroline N — 01 Aug 2007

The film is about a well-known filmmaker, named François, who is struggling to put together his latest film. He wants this project to be about the taboos and sexual experiences of women, and women only.

Problem is is that many women decline to the idea to do "things" in front of a camera. François eventually finds his two leading women, Charlotte and Julie. After going under François attractive spell the two women suddenly don't have a problem doing "things" in front of him or in the public eye.

The women fall in love with him, but François is a married man who is faithful to his with (don't see that in American cinema very often). François later decides to add a third girl into the mix how then later falls in love with Julie.

Because François is breaking into such dark taboos, in the end his vision is never truly told. What's so sexy and erotic about this movie is mostly what you don't see. Some off the scene's sexual themes are told either through dialogue or in a discrete manner.

Yes there is nudity and, I think, un-simulated sex. But none of it is straight sex and this isn't porn either. Do I come off perverted talking about a movie like this? Maybe, but that's not my intention.

Anyone one who actually sees indie and foreign films can understand this, as for someone who watches movies like White Chicks and actually finds that shit funny then this isn't the film for you.