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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88San Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisSan Francisco ExaminerWesley MorrisIn Criminal Lovers, the "Bonnie and Clyde" model of killing-as-erotica gets a shrewd, funny, decidedly French workout.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaBoth the leads are scarily good, and Ozon imbues his troubling tale with jarring blasts of light and the sun-dappled beauty of the natural world.
- 70Film.comErnest HardyFilm.comErnest HardyHas its own sense of logic and integrity that demand a kind of begrudged respect.
- 70Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanMay be as gimmicky as Ozon's other features, but it's also more resonant and even haunting.
- 63New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanFrancois Ozon, perhaps France's hottest director of the moment, is often better creating stylish visuals than dramatically credible situations, but Criminal Lovers is never boring.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghImagine "Hansel and Gretel" by way of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."
- 60The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottSuch an amalgam of fairy tales, old movies and tabloid stories that it never develops a life of its own.
- 58Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerSeattle Post-IntelligencerSean AxmakerIt's a passionate vision thick with eroticism, but the musky atmosphere gets a little thick and murky.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamSan Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamStraddles a number of genres -- horror film, lovers on the lam, fairy tale -- and gives them all a cool, knowing spin.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThis remains the one and only fusion of ''Deliverance'' and ''Hansel and Gretel'' that I ever hope to see.