My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Violette Nozière (1978)

This film directed by Claude Chabrol and based on the true 1933 murder case where a young French woman poisons her parents proves that teenage rebellion and adolescent mischief have always been around.  Truth really is stranger than fiction and I doubt there is a writer that could concoct a more fascinating character.   And there are few actresses capable of turning in such a performance as Isabelle Huppert does.  She pulls you into her warped mind with dark subtitle expressions and child-like playfulness.  I'd say hers is one of the best performances I've seen of such a devoid human being.  This really is not a film to be missed and the fact that it's all true is even more incredible.  Grade: A
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