Fresh
Audiard has created one of those rare, commercially released movies that trades in actual, honest-to-god surprise.
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
Read My Lips
2001 · 1h 55m · R
Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Directed by
Jacques Audiard
Overview
She is almost deaf and she lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
97%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Having changed into action gear, the picture never looks back, leaving two people who seemed wonderfully unique to do things that are cinematically trite.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Fresh
See it now, before the inevitable Hollywood remake flattens out all its odd, intriguing wrinkles.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Fresh
It's neither as romantic nor as thrilling as it should be. But it offers plenty to ponder and chew on as its unusual relationship slowly unfolds.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
Thoughtful, provocative and entertaining.
Susan Stark, Detroit News
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