Isabelle Huppert walks on screen in Luc Bondy’s False Confessions intent, it seems, on reminding audiences that she can do anything, including turn a modern adaptation of outdated theater tropes into near-vital product.
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RogerEbert.comPeter Sobczynski
RogerEbert.comPeter Sobczynski
Huppert is still there plugging away in every scene. To the extent that False Confessions does intermittently succeed, it is due almost entirely to her efforts.
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Slant MagazineChuck Bowen
Slant MagazineChuck Bowen
The film is a trim farce with no blood flowing under its skin, as it’s all construction, setup, and payoff.
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Village VoiceMelissa Anderson
Village VoiceMelissa Anderson
In Luc Bondy’s largely inert False Confessions, the tedium is broken by the [Isabelle Huppert's] outfits, and by the way she moves in them.
Unfortunately, to follow these characters around is to experience not great theater, nor rich cinema, nor architectural wonder, but rather the itch of the restless spectator.