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28 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100PremiereGlenn KennyPremiereGlenn KennyOlivier Assayas latest effort could be mistaken for a hipper-than-thou thriller. But it isn’t--it’s in fact a difficult, challenging, and troubling art film. [October 2003, p. 19]
- 90Los Angeles TimesManohla DargisLos Angeles TimesManohla DargisIt's an exasperating, irresistible, must-see mess of a movie about life in the modern world and so very good that even when its story finally crashes and burns the filmmaking remains unscathed.
- 80The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe entrancing visual imagery goes a long way toward filling in the screenplay's gaps in logic.
- 80Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanDisturbing, darkly beautiful.
- 75Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonUnlike almost every other sexy modern thriller (especially most recent studio blockbusters), this one gives you a lot to think about.
- 70The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasMay be Assayas' airiest work to date, an intriguing trifle that leaves its considerable pleasures to lounge around on the surface.
- 70L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorNielsen beautifully embodies the sadness and confused sense of unreality that attend our appetite for the Internet's cheaper thrills.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittNever quite jells into a coherent statement. Or a coherent film.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertBy the end of the movie, I frankly didn't give a damn. There's an ironic twist, but the movie hadn't paid for it and didn't deserve it. And I was struck by the complete lack of morality in Demonlover.
- 30VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthySure to turn off general viewers due to its emotional inaccessibility, multitude of narrative problems and preoccupation with a torture Web site.