The Page Turner

An elegant dash of Hitchcock plus a sassy lesbian sideplot does it for this french gem.

Top badass moment? The use of a cello to render #MeToo less essential. Following in the footsteps of the many psycho nanny, flat-mate, neighbour etc films, comes the psycho page turner; as in pages of music for a pianist. As a concept it doesn't exactly suggest any large-scale underwear soiling is imminent, but fortunately even classical music can be scary in the hands of a woman with a grudge. Revenge without all the usual Hollywood running about. No cats, chainsaws or decapitations.

A good revenge flick.

Wow, what a film. It is truly rare to see a film with music so masterfully woven into the plot and character development. The final scene is unreal.

This girl is evil. Pure evil. Narrated in a way quite different from nearly all thrillers.

Good plot and excellent performances. The script itself is a good start, but seems to becomes too satisfied with its clever premise and fails to build much upon it. Great ideas are hinted at but never executed. Ultimately an unrewarding film.

There's a moment I love right at the end of this film, where Déborah François's character is walking away from the house with this killer look on her face, a look that says "I dedicated my whole life to revenge, and now I got it, but look what a person it's made me". That look makes the performance, makes the character, makes the movie. This interesting if slow-burning character study becomes 10 times greater thanks to that single scowling moment. Thank you, Déborah and Denis Dercourt.

So, that is all that was happening? Well, a big meh then.

Taut and pretty with two really good leads. The hero/villain was irresistibly seductive/frightening and it kept me guessing just how dark it would become.

Only the French make such unapologetically highbrow thrillers. This is a good one, largely thanks to Déborah François' icy hotness.

such a beautiful movie. I'm loving the elegant, intense scenes of ambience with almost no action or lines.

"I've seen Claude Chabrol's films, and Denis Dercourt's The Page Turner is no Merci Pour Le Chocolat." - Nick Schager

This movie is an odd ball since it should be drama, but it's kind of thriller, but not even that. You are waiting all the time when IT will happened. And when it does (or does it?), there is nothing thrilling about it. Such an emotionless flick.

Okay Movie

well done tale of revenge, loved the two female leads...