Film Review – Therese

“Therese” marks the final film from celebrated director Claude Miller,
who passed away last year at the age of 70. The helmer of “Class Trip”
and several other highly lauded pictures, Miller concludes his cinematic
tour on a slightly deflating note. Although buoyed by an encouraging
mean streak to snap the movie out of its fixation on technical
achievements, “Therese” doesn’t live up to the potential of its premise.
Fine work from star Audrey Tautou keeps the effort irritable, with an
interesting depiction of mounting resentment, but Miller seems
distracted to a point of being uninterested, consumed with making a
lovely feature about sinister interests, and it doesn’t have the impact
it should.
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