'Things To Come' has a great performance by Isabelle Huppert
Huppert's turn in the film 'Elle' is getting all the Oscar buzz, but viewers should check out 'Things,' which finds Huppert playing a college philosophy professor suddenly and unforeseeably divorced by her husband.
'Things to Come' with 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.)