Argento vamps her way through Breillat's film with an enthusiasm rarely seen these days outside a drag show.
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11/24/07
The Last Mistress (2008)
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Reviews Counted:91
Fresh:68
Rotten:23
Average Rating:6.7/10
Consensus: More complicated than your average bodice ripper, Catherine Breillat's Last Mistress features beautiful costumes, wrought romances, and a feral performance from Argento.
Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
US Box Office: $621,567
Synopsis: Controversial director Catherine Breillat (ROMANCE, FAT GIRL) delivers her most ambitious film yet with THE LAST MISTRESS. Adapted from the novel by Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, the film is set in... [More]
Starring: Asia Argento, Fu'ad Ait Aattou, Roxane Mesquida, Claude Sarraute
Director: Catherine Breillat
Reviews for The Last Mistress
Top CriticWhile the story may creak, the performances do not; a wonderful cast breathes life into the characters %u2026 Strangely unsatisfying, the film nevertheless looks superb and Breillat's direction is fluid, aided by top notch editing and a great score
11/09/07
Top CriticAn elegant film about an irresistible hot romance.
07/15/09
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10/18/08
Rather boring.
10/18/08
All of the characters are so elusive and thin there's nothing to grab our interest.
10/18/08
The characters ultimately feel more like pawns to be manipulated, rather than flesh-and-blood human beings who suffer and love, which gives the film’s message that the two are essentially one in the same a rather hollow ring.
10/18/08
Argento seizes each scene with both hands, adding surprising layers of feeling as she goes.
10/18/08
It is an outstandingly intelligent, formally pleasing film, and a fascinating development for Breillat herself.
10/18/08
Top CriticIt's devastating.
10/18/08
[An] entertaining, elegantly shot adaptation of Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly's 19th century novel.
10/18/08
Top CriticThere was a point about midway through "The Last Mistress" when I was honestly wondering if it was intentionally bad.
09/26/08
Seldom have a filmmaker and lead actress performed in perfect, artistic sync.
09/25/08
Argento is a feral beauty who devours everything in her path, and a perfect actress for Breillat. But the director seems hemmed in by the period finery, and the movie is a self-conscious yawn.
09/05/08
Argento, the daughter of Italian horror maestro Dario Argento, has become a force to be reckoned with on the international film scene over the past couple of years.
08/29/08
Screenwriter/director Catherine Breillat's take on the tale has a definite feminist slant to it, which may explain why the male characters come off so badly. And unfortunately, sometimes that makes it dull.
08/29/08
Oh god, have I ever seen a more tedious 'erotic' movie than this one?
08/28/08
There’s plenty of skin and acrobatic positioning in Catherine Breillat’s The Last Mistress, but the ferocious passions they signify are far more interesting.
08/22/08
Argento... owns this film, body and soullessness.
08/15/08
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