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VIDEO RELEASE
Jul 22, 2003 (DVD)
Jul 22, 2003 (VHS)
NUMBERS
Box Office: $1,177,985
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CONSENSUS
A clever and offbeat character study about two people discovering each other.
CAST & CREW
Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos, Olivier Gourmet
Directed by Jacques Audiard
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SYNOPSIS
In its opening shot, READ MY LIPS shows Carla (Emmanuelle Devos) inserting her hearing aids and getting ready for work. more...
MPAA RATING
Not Rated, language, violence, and some sexual content
RUNTIME
1 hour, 59 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Jul 5, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
Magnolia Pictures
GENRE
Dramas, Foreign Films, French, Crime/Conspiracy, Thriller, Relationships, Heists
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TRAILER & MEDIA
PHOTOS
PRODUCTION NOTES
NEWS ARTICLES
SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
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 "What lifts the film high above run-of-the-filth gangster flicks is its refusal to recognise any of the signposts, as if discovering a way through to the bitter end without a map."
-- The Wolf, IOFILM.CO.UK
"We root for [Clara and Paul], even like them, though perhaps it's an emotion closer to pity."
-- Robert Wilonsky, NEW TIMES
"The exposition does pay off, if you can stay awake that long. There's little gripping in the film until the second hour."
-- Phil Villarreal, ARIZONA DAILY STAR
"There's a lot to recommend Read My Lips."
-- Jeff Vice, DESERET NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY
"Devos and Cassel have tremendous chemistry -- their sexual and romantic tension, while never really vocalized, is palpable."
-- Derek Tse, JAM! MOVIES
"The mesmerizing performances of the leads keep the film grounded and keep the audience riveted."
-- Rob Thomas, CAPITAL TIMES (MADISON, WI)
"Its rawness and vitality give it considerable punch."
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
"Finally, the French-produced "Read My Lips" is a movie that understands characters must come first."
-- Steven Snyder, ZERTINET MOVIES
"While alone, neither Carla nor Paul is able to succeed in life, together they form a strange bond which brings them both power."
-- Vanessa Sibbald, ZAP2IT.COM
"Audiard successfully maintains suspense on different levels throughout a film that is both gripping and compelling."
-- Ed Scheid, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
"See it now, before the inevitable Hollywood remake flattens out all its odd, intriguing wrinkles."
-- Rene Rodriguez, MIAMI HERALD
"Never once predictable."
-- Jon Popick, PLANET SICK-BOY
"It's neither as romantic nor as thrilling as it should be. But it offers plenty to ponder and chew on as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds."
-- Roger Moore, ORLANDO SENTINEL
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"A delectable and intriguing thriller filled with surprises, Read My Lips is an original. This is a story of two misfits who don’t stand a chance alone, but together they are magnificent."
-- Urban Cinefile Critics, URBAN CINEFILE
"The crime matters less than the characters, although the filmmakers supply enough complications, close calls and double-crosses to satisfy us."
-- Lawrence Toppman, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
"What gives the film its bounce is that there's no psychological exposition: Audiard has Godard's love of the visual gesture (not to mention his fascination with the way people's lives are altered by their fantasies)."
-- Ella Taylor, L.A. WEEKLY
"Anything but a feel-good movie in its particulars, Read My Lips nonetheless communicates a liberating message as refreshing as it is peculiar."
-- Bob Strauss, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
"Art-house to the core, Read My Lips is a genre-curling crime story that revives the free-wheeling noir spirit of old French cinema."
-- Brent Simon, ENTERTAINMENT TODAY
"It's stylishly directed with verve..."
-- Dennis Schwartz, OZUS' WORLD MOVIE REVIEWS
"An unorthodox little film noir organized crime story that includes one of the strangest love stories you will ever see."
-- Robert Roten, LARAMIE MOVIE SCOPE
"Filled with Alexandre Desplat's haunting and sublime music, the movie completely transfixes the audience."
-- Steve Rhodes, STEVE RHODES' INTERNET REVIEWS
"Devos delivers a perfect performance that captures the innocence and budding demons within a wallflower."
-- David Perry, CINEMA-SCENE.COM
"Hailed as a clever exercise in neo-Hitchcockianism, this clever and very satisfying picture is more accurately Chabrolian."
-- Maitland McDonagh, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
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FRESH 96%
Avg. Rating: 8.3/10 |
"This is a finely written, superbly acted offbeat thriller."
-- Michael Wilmington, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"There's real visual charge to the filmmaking, and a strong erotic spark to the most crucial lip-reading sequence."
-- Chris Vognar, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"The powerful success of Read My Lips with such provocative material shows why, after only three films, director/co-writer Jacques Audiard, though little known in this country, belongs in the very top rank of French filmmakers."
-- Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"The pleasure of Read My Lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string. We're drawn in by the dark luster."
-- Charles Taylor, SALON.COM
"Thoughtful, provocative and entertaining."
-- Susan Stark, DETROIT NEWS
"[An] ingenious, amoral and atmospheric thriller."
-- Gene Seymour, NEWSDAY
"Throughout, Mr. Audiard's direction is fluid and quick."
-- A.O. Scott, NEW YORK TIMES
"The attraction between these two marginal characters is complex from the start -- and, refreshingly, stays that way."
-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"Read My Lips is to be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality as well as its lyrical variations on the game of love."
-- Andrew Sarris, NEW YORK OBSERVER
"The plot mechanics of Read My Lips eventually kind of spin into a fairly conventional thriller, but the wildly talented Cassel and the unconventionally alluring Devos give this movie a unique feel."
-- Richard Roeper, EBERT & ROEPER
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"...a rich and intelligent film that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence and how the heart accomodates practical needs. It is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual"
-- Philip Martin, ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
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* Who are the Approved Tomatometer Critics?
* Mouse over a tomato icon for a publication's original rating. Original rating not available for every publication.
* In fairness to critics whose last name begins with a letter at the end of the alphabet, certain pages are sorted in reverse order, z-a.
* Certain "Read My Lips" article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine.
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