Read My Lips [DVD]

Read my lips is a solidly acted film that defies palcement in a genre. However it will definately keep you on the edge of your seat.The film itself (without giving much away) covers a multitude of different styles, all effortlessly combined. It is both a character study, a heist movie and romance and a thriller, and yet no one genre takes precedence over another.The plot itself weaves various story lines seamlessly together, and yet will still keep you guessing right up until the end.In short a superb film.

Thoroughly recommended - plot starts slowly and this helps us engage with the realism of the characters and their backgrounds. Certainly a better than average thriller I'd give it 4.5 stars if I could.If you enjoy French thrillers this is a good example with the addition of a novel twist done well

Ok I enjoyed watching this film but then afterwards found it annoying . Rather too long and with a far fetched ending . Cassel is great but there just isnt enough meat on the bones of the story to make you care . I supose if there is nothing on the tv then its worth watching . A smug little thriller .

'Read My Lips'is fantastic! This odd, but compelling, thriller benefits from exceptional performances by the two principals, especially from Emmanuelle Devos, who manages to be victimised, intelligent, frumpish and sexy all at the same time.The action is tense and unpredictable, and the developing love story, as the two maladjusted characters begin to support each other, is touching without being sickly.French film at its best!

this is a great, very clever and intelligent film, quite pacey and always getting to its point! well worth the money too.the two main characters come together through there different needs and despite there less than honourable intentions towards each other soon realise they need each other.turning diss-advantage to advantage on both sides

Who doesn't like Vincent Casell? He is one of the most engaging actors of our time and in this movie he changes tack and becomes rather a weak man trying to go straight.His deaf sidekick (Emmanuelle Devos) does a superb job as his mentor and friend.All in all quite a good watch although it is hard to watch Casell's pretending to be weak.Not his best but still good for all that.

I believe enough has been said about this amazing film with a superb onscreen couple. However the English DVD version is a major disappointment since it has none of the features you get in the French version: deleted scenes, alternate ending, director's and actors' commentary, interviews, etc. Unfortunately this version isn't available from Amazon. Such a shame.

This is a very good and entertaining movie. There is always a tension, since the first scenes, that will keep you expecting for some disaster to happen. Emmanuelle Devos (Carla) acts superbly, and so does Vincent Cassel (Paul) although for him the role is typical. Highly recommended

An Amazon Editorial review used the word 'unease' in its 'Lips' description, and that's a well-done element which makes this french noir-ish thriller so unexpected. And as things come together, ambiguous elements purposely (I think) leave unresolved plot points up to the viewer. I'll be re-viewing this on-edge thriller maybe a few more times, but I must still fill in the blanks myself. Was what's done done on purpose by the character? Were we so wrong throughout the story about the nature of characters? Are the protagonists good, bad, just human? Will they, did they? Why did they? Which motivation(s) moved them? Perplexing and very enjoyable tensions separate this from most films, especially explicit Western-made films.Another french movie with open ends, quite nuanced and complex, is TELL NO ONE Tell No One from the book by best-selling American Harlan Corben. It's like 'Lips'in that viewers are left to make their own decisions.Most people read a book then see the movie. I read so many reviews saying the book was better, I'm reading it after the film. Is it better? No spoilers, sorry. But it's very good. Having seen the movie, I can easily 'see' the characters as I read...I'm just discovering new french directors and as a group they seem more nuanced than British or American film makers. No pat, thorough explanations to cap things off. Viewers add their own takes to understand such films. It's different and I like the lack of explicitness, surety and resulting unease; I'm forced to actually think. The lack of closure and explanation is provocative. Yup, unease works. Here, at least.

Other reviews will give the basic plot and characters,I want to add a comment from the view of production design. You are drawn into the close private world of a deaf, not generally socially integrated woman, and you feel her sense of isolation with every shot. These are tight almost claustrophobic shots, you are breathing her air. She hunches over, and avoids directly looking at people and places and most scenes are built by close downward looking shots. The suspense is built scene by scene, everything counts. Closets figure largely, toilets, unfinished apartments, a roof top. It is no accident that these are all marginal spaces, many of which are private and close in to the body of the main character. An absolutely first rate film and a prime example of how design is critical.

Terrible quality, with things written across the screen, a scam.

I first found this movie in the VHS area of an old video store and just got it because it was cheap. Once I saw that it was subtitled english I almost turned it off but was glad that I didn't. The two outcasts that triumph over the corporate office or the slimball club owner. You can't help not cheering for this quirky couple. I could not believe my luck when I found this movie on DVD and for so cheap. Rent it if you can not buy it

Excellent value