Elle's reviews
Media reviews
El Mundo
'''Elle' is not just a completely caustic look to the whims of the desire, it is also a cruel comedy about family (...) Pure instinct. Pure cinema.''
El Periódico
''A genius (...) Verhoeven takes us around constantly between the morbid suspense and the black humor. (...) What Haneke would do if he had comic effect.''
El País
''Surprises happen and trap you. It is a hypnotic and morbid, with atmosphere, nothing conventional. (...) Isabelle Huppert does it superbly
ABC
''Huppert and her huge capacity of being stroppy are fantastic, and do not allow the movie any relaxed, predictable and logical moment. But is that muddy environment, Verhoeven is unbeatable.''
The Guardian
''Isabelle Huppert delivers a standout performance as a woman turning the tables on her attacker in the controversial director?s electrifying and provocative comeback.''
The Hollywood Reporter
''An elegant and twisted thriller (...) which is dark, lecherous, light and subversive at the same time. (...) The result is a film that will finally bring Verhoeven back to the point of view after a ten-years absence.''
The Telegraph
''Paul Verhoeven?s new film is a needling, ingenious challenge. Like his 1997 science-fiction satire Starship Troopers, which sent up fascistic action movies with a gaudy celebration of them, 'Elle' forces you to critically confront every myth it indulges, every cliché it embraces and subverts.''