Fresh
In the House is a tour de force about two yarn-spinners -- Claude and Germain -- whose lives devolve into chaos.
Michael Sragow, Orange County Register
In the House
There’s always a way to get in.
2012 · 1h 45m · R
Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
François Ozon
Overview
A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy’s intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.
Director and cast
- François Ozon Director
- Kristin Scott Thomas as Jeanne
- Emmanuelle Seigner as Esther
- Denis Ménochet as Rapha père
- Jean-François Balmer as Le proviseur
- Fabrice Colson as Client de la galerie
- Diana Stewart as Une femme au balcon
- Ernst Umhauer as Claude
- Stéphanie Campion as Une femme au balcon
- Bastien Ughetto as Rapha fils
- Fabrice Luchini as Germain
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The film treats imagination-and talent-in certain hands as an almost mystical force.
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
Fresh
Ozon and the script move a little too far afield and hold on a bit too long as the film approaches its end. Still, "In the House" has enough trippy truth to it to grab your interest and shake your mind.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
It's fiction about life that becomes fiction that might be life - and the viewer happily dives in.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Rotten
The expected punch line... never materializes, so I guess this must be a drama after all.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
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