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STIFF HUPPERT LIP Comedy of Power's Enron-inspired mystery is no laughing matter, but its star gives it a welcome light touch
Comedy of Power: Moune Jamet
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Limited Release: Jan 05, 2007; Rated: Unrated; Length: 110 Minutes; Genre: Foreign Language; With: Isabelle Huppert
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Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman is a film critic for EW
Isabelle Huppert has gone through entire films without cracking a smile, so it's a surprise to see her give her lightest, warmest performance in years as a severe Paris judge looking into a multitentacled case of corporate corruption in Comedy of Power. The latest from Claude Chabrol is a serious examination of the Enron era, and as Huppert faces down witnesses, trying to unravel the case, we wait for a moment of revelation. It never arrives. Chabrol has fashioned a mystery that caves in on itself, but unfortunately, it caves in on the audience, too.
Posted Jan 17, 2007
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