French Exit (Azazel Jacobs)

[Peng]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqMJeE15YiA

[Peng]

Feels like the film has two tones at war with each other here, in which the farcical delights of a great Michelle Pfeiffer blasely barreling her way through the end of her wealth keeps being dragged down by half-hearted stabs at profundity. I can sort of see its aim in being an absurd comedy surrounded by melancholy at the story's edges, but I find Azazel Jacobs often misjudging the calibration and thus ballooning the running time of a supposed farce to two hours. At least Pfeiffer and scene-stealing Valerie Mahaffey hold this together almost enough. 6/10