Emilia Pérez's reviews
Media reviews
The Hollywood Reporter
The baseline is a drama of criminality and redemption, but then there\'s an unforced current of Almodóvarian humor, along with moments of melodrama, noir, social realism, a hint of telenovela camp and a climactic escalation into suspense, ultimately touched by tragedy.
Screen Daily
It\'s a modern melodrama that dances through a moral maze, sometimes uncomfortably so. Yet, coming from a filmmaker who has always been preoccupied with the roots and the dynamics of male violence, it poses an intriguing central question.
Rolling Stone
The result is both exhilarating and exasperating, swinging so wildly all over the map that you may want to pre-emptively wear a neckbrace before viewing.
Indiewire
There\'s almost nothing about "Emilia Pérez" that\'s conventional ? until the movie unravels into a third-act bit involving a hijacking, guns, and a live human body in a trunk. Which is just a reminder of where Audiard\'s head really rests all along.