Sans queue ni tête 2010

Stephen Holden, New York Times: To put it plainly, Ms. Huppert, now 58, is too old for the part. The spectacle of Ms. Huppert, the epitome of adult self-possession, impersonating a schoolgirl is grotesquely amusing. Read more

Alison Willmore, AV Club: Huppert is always a pleasure on screen, and her performance as a competent, consummate professional is Special Treatment's main draw. Read more

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Chicago Reader: Though the parallels drawn between therapy and prostitution grow tiresome, the duo's interaction is peppered with inspired comedic moments. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Complex, compassionate and endlessly illuminating... Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: As cliches trot through their sessions - it's like "In Treatment" as bedroom farce - we check out. Huppert, though, is as fearless as ever. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: At the end, there is no great revelation, but Huppert has succeeded once again in making us wonder what's going on in there. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: It isn't a lightweight erotic romp at all, but a complicated and delicate two-person odyssey that's much richer and subtler than that. Read more

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Ernest Hardy, Village Voice: Despite uniformly fine acting, Special Treatment never really pulls the viewer in because its insights and observations, while artfully rendered, don't possess the energy of revelation; they're largely obvious. Read more