Film Review - Therese
September 04, 2013
“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. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com
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