Irma Vep is a film full of chaos, which at times entertains and at times makes you wonder what it’s all about.
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Irma Vep (1996)
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Reviews Counted:35
Fresh:32
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: Hong Kong diva Cheung stars as herself, having been cast on a director's whim as the slinky, cat-burgling heroine of a remake of the vintage French serial "Les Vampires." Once in Paris, Cheung... [More]
Starring: Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Richard, Antoine Basler
Director: Olivier Assayas
Reviews for Irma Vep
Top CriticThe post-modern compulsions on display here may bring movies together, but they also keep people apart.
01/07/09
A wonderful tribute to filmmaking that could only be made in France, it has delightful performances and a low-budget style -- like the film it parodies -- which work beautifully.
03/03/08
Irma Vep's director, Olivier Assayas, evinces a love of the process that's nearly as palpable as Truffaut's.
03/03/08
Slender but appealing.
03/03/08
Top CriticNo review available.
02/21/08
A delightfully nonchalant movie, complete with some nice satirical barbs aimed at contemporary French film culture, and fine performances throughout.
06/24/06
Amusing satire on French cinema and the insanity that is filmmaking.
10/14/05
No review available.
06/11/05
No review available.
06/03/05
No review available.
01/13/05
We just love to make movies about movies to deconstruct them, to see what's behind them.
03/29/04
Cheung, slinking around the corridors of her hotel in her sheath of shiny black latex to the dissonant chords of Sonic Youth, is an instant icon of everything cool.
07/30/03
Minor but witty.
05/20/03
Top CriticLike many French products, it's quirky but not all it's cracked up to be.
05/13/03
One of the few movies about making movies that captures the kinetic madness of the process. Maggie Cheung, playing herself, floats like a bemused Buddha through the maelstrom, offering a welcome sense of grace and normalcy.
04/30/03
Love of film is the magical point of the film.
04/11/03
No review available.
11/05/02
No review available.
10/11/02
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