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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWhat draws us into Private Property is how so many things happen under the surface, never commented upon.
- 83The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasLike many French films of its kind, Private Property remains content to simply observe a situation without tidying up the narrative, which in this case leaves some big questions unanswered. But Lafosse knows that problems that beg for a resolution sometimes don't get one.
- 80VarietyVarietyBoasting a script so clear and airtight that shrinks could use it for family therapy courses, the sole caveat is the unrelenting unpleasantness of the stronger-willed son.
- 80The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisPrivate Property embraces the banal and the monstrous, and affords Ms. Huppert opportunity to astonish rather than overwhelm.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoHuppert is, as usual, superb, proving yet again that she is the finest actress working in France today.
- 75TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghLafosse's razor sharp dissection of relationships strained to the breaking point is hypnotic in a road-accident kind of way.
- 75Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneLafosse's frustrating, yet beautifully elegiac coda emphasizes the point that his production and storytelling style have been making throughout: Private Property is about processes, not conclusions.
- 70Chicago ReaderAndrea GronvallChicago ReaderAndrea GronvallIsabelle Huppert gets a respite from her usual ice queen roles with this shattering psychological drama about the danger of children staying too long in the nest.
- 70L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorPascale is the movie’s most defined character, and its most repugnant. Whatever sympathy we can muster for her boils down to Huppert’s richly layered portrayal.
- 63New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThe performances are impeccable, but while director Joachim Lafosse carefully creates an atmosphere of suffocating dread, he could have let a little more air into this simmering hothouse.