'Things To Come' has a great performance by Isabelle Huppert
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Isabelle Huppert鈥檚 performance in Paul Verhoeven鈥檚 scurvy, pervy psychological thriller 鈥淓lle鈥 has been getting all the Oscar buzz, but I much prefer her in Mia Hansen-L酶ve鈥檚 鈥淭hings to Come,鈥 playing Nathalie, a college philosophy professor suddenly and unforeseeably divorced by her husband of 25 years, also a philosophy professor.
As one might imagine from that pairing 鈥 not to mention that this is a French movie 鈥 there are plenty of 辫别苍蝉茅别蝉 in this stew. But Huppert never loses sight of the fact that Nathalie鈥檚 wounded heart often overrules her steel-trap mind. 鈥淚鈥檓 lucky to be fulfilled intellectually 鈥 that鈥檚 reason enough to be happy,鈥 she says, as the words freeze on her face. Grade: B+ (Rated PG-13 for brief language and drug use.)