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Hamaguchi’s most pointed provocation is not that the nursing home becomes excessive in its care, but that ordinary neglect has trained us to see basic tenderness as excess.

Though well executed, there isn’t a great deal to elevate the story beyond a solid genre piece.

Despite the predictability of the outcome and the extremely manipulative story, The Chorus is still hugely enjoyable.

The director proves a master of the tragicomic as he observes one man's slip from midlife crisis to madness by way of obsession.

Talk is everything, with action hinted at the edges, as Chabrol's camera sidles off to look at a casually thrown book, or skates away from anything salacious.

Bunel's performance is big, emotional, and it makes complete sense that Adèle would be this way, yet in positioning it in contract to Kouka's quietness, director Paul Marques Duarte forces a change of perspective.

Even viewers who have never cared much about show jumping, should be drawn in by how the movie deals with decision making, risk taking, self doubt, and family obligations