Nathalie...

She also meets Emmanuelle Beart, possessor of another of France's great film faces. Almost certainly, the story's erotic currents would be channelled along much more regular lines and the fun would be swamped in a slew of righteous arguments. ... Full Review

Nathalie could be described as feeble arthouse porn, except it has little art and (sadly) even less porn: if you want to listen to Emmanuelle Beart spin softcore fantasies in French while the camera fixates on Fanny Ardant's twitching facial muscles, this could be for you. ... Full Review

the weakness of this film.... ... Full Review

The widescreen format takes advantage of the actresses' sumptuous beauty.....director Anne Fontaine and her co-writer Jacques Fieschi succeed in fashioning a provocative script.....Initially, the scenes of Catherine listening to the younger woman describe her sexual escapades with Bernard are effective..... ... Full Review

The film's considerable eroticism is all in the atmosphere and the dialogue. Fontaine invites audiences to get lost in a sumptuous, sinister psychological maze art play mind games in Nathalie... The worst you can say about Natalie ... ... Full Review

Pic is based on Anne Fontaine's 2003 French film "Nathalie," in which Fanny Ardant and Gerard Depardieu starred as a couple whose marriage is pushed to the edge when the wife, suspicious her hubby is cheating, hires a prostitute (Emmanuelle... ... Full Article

The Canadian distributor negotiated the deal with France's StudioCanal, which fully financed the picture, and Ivan Reitman's and Tom Pollock's Montecito Picture Company, which produced it. ... Full Article

States two years after its European debut, Anne Fontaine's Nathalie... presents a portrait of marriage, adultery, and sex that makes about as much sense as the confounding ellipses in its title. ... Full Article

Is Nathalie 's love triangle bizarre-or just ridiculous? Not long after hubby Bernard ( G?rard Depardieu ) fails to materialize for his own surprise party, wife Catherine (Fanny Ardent) hires a slinky prostitute-stripper ( Emmanuelle B?art ). ... Full Article

I admit I have trouble being cool-headed when it comes to things gallic. And if you're a bit of a Francophile - "Natalie" is akin to dousing your imagination in Chanel No. 5. ... Full Article

What wife hasn't dreamed of turning the tables on her cheating husband? The difference between them and the lead character in Nathalie is that she actually follows through on her crazy scheme. ... Full Article