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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSlant MagazineDiego SemereneRampling is very much aware of the camera's every intention and possibility. Perhaps too aware, like the kind of over-educated narcissist for whom real spontaneity is too costly a risk.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoSays Rampling: "If you're going to do a story like this, it's not going to be all flowers and roses and smell nice."
- 75Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrHer chattiness here is unexpected and disarming, and if the film's overindulgent, it puts you in a forgiving mood. How often do we get to hear a lioness speak?
- 67The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThere are very few light, casual moments in The Look; even when Rampling pops into a deli to buy a sandwich, we hear her in voiceover talking about her demons. An hour and a half of this is frankly exhausting.
- 60Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichThere's an all-embracing openness here that belies the often cold and calculating characters she plays onscreen. She's the perfect confluence of brains and beauty, and it's a pleasure to be in her company.
- 60New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierThis well-made, elegant doc follows the British actress as she travels and discusses life, art, fashion, sex and death with various friends and collaborators, including novelist Paul Auster and photographer Peter Lindbergh.
- 50ObserverRex ReedObserverRex ReedAs agreeable as she is to watch, the disappointing thing I feel is that she plays everything the same way. For a film about one person that reveals so little about the subject, 94 minutes is longer than it sounds. My advice is to wait for the DVD. This is definitely a movie to watch with a remote control.
- 50Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonWomen of a certain age will kvell, but the point might be better made for the rest of us by rewatching the autumnal Rampling in Ozon's "Under the Sand."
- 50The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThis is not to say that Charlotte Rampling: The Look is a complete washout. A tease is more like it, an examination of the surface. Ms. Rampling is presented as an endlessly watchable mystery, an aloof but affable sphinx. But we knew that already.