Elle

**** 4-Stars **** Elle is simply she or her in French - and sometimes it. Paul Verhoeven, one of my favorite directors, teams up with Isabelle Huppert, one of my favorite actors, to make a film that is surprising, often shocking, and wholly fascinating. I will watch it again. Warning: this is one of the least politically correct flicks you will ever see - multiple rapes (which our heroine suffers stoically, and perhaps with some curiosity), lots of bed-hopping, and a handful of other things likely to annoy some viewers. But the real question is, can you accept a 63-year-old woman as sexy, strong-willed and a bit of a femme-fatale? French audiences clearly had no problem (Huppert is universally adored, and besides, Catherine Deneuve, a decade older than Huppert, already busted this glass ceiling a few times) - but Im not so sure Americans will be as comfortable with this. Go ahead, watch Elle - I dare ya. Vive la France!

A good actress but a creepy movie

Excellent acting but a very dark cinema.

Ms. Huppert was robbed. Her performance in this movie shouldve won the Best Actress Oscar. No she did not kill her rapist or even have him arrested even though she ended up knowing who he was. The untimely end (of the rapist) was done by another person.

The French must really like their sex! That part was no surprise. But mixed in with a screwed up family and a collossal crime the story held it all together to he very end.

Its a poor movie.

The DVD was received with a crack in the spindle hold. Will not allow DVD player to read the disc. Asking for a replacement if available.

Hard to categorize. One of the greatest performances ever. How can a movie with this subject matter be so darkly funny. Such a great, complex characterization. One of 2016s great films (or any years). Dont be put off - see it.

Very dark but very good!

Great fantastic film! One of my all time favorites now.