Metacritic reviews

Wonderfully quirky love story.

Probing the trust-based power games of a sadomasochistic dynamic, the movie is a reasonably thoughtful study of obsessive love.

The atmosphere is once again black, creepy and unsettlingly elegant, lending this twisted tale of psychological dominance and submission a patina of anxiety and dread.

The movie exaggerates a common dynamic between men and women.

While engaging, pic eventually betrays itself as having a trivial attitude to its chosen subject, with a climactic scene that is genuinely, but inappropriately, amusing.

The film, which is directed by Matteo Garrone (The Embalmer), could do with a bit more plot: It doesn't resolve so much as collapse in utter desolation.

An elegantly told tale of obsession that, in failing to take on any larger meaning, rapidly becomes depressing to watch.

All setup and no payoff.