Film Review – Personal Shopper

Marking their second collaboration, Kristin Stewart once again submits to the enigmatic ways of writer/director Olivier Assayas, following up their lauded work on “Clouds of Sils Maria” with “Personal Shopper,” which once again tempts the troublesome actress into the light of adult performances. Teasing horror highlights with his take on grief and the ghostly beyond, Assayas instead plays a familiar game of misdirection, trying to lure audiences in with spooky events, but never settling anywhere significant, electing to float around sponging up behaviors and revelations. “Personal Shopper” is also a struggle for Stewart, who puts in a professional effort to communicate inner turmoil, but often falls back on fingers-through-the-hair indication that undermines the subtle rise in uncertainty Assayas is ultimately hunting for.  Read the rest at Blu-ray.com