An exquisitely crafted, brilliant, confusing, disordered, maddening, and wonderfully flawed film that tries to show life as it is lived. full review

It creates the lived-in sense of being in the world of the characters. full review

What makes the film involving is that it doesn't depend on the mechanical resolution of the plot, but on the close observation of its effects on these distinctive characters. full review

[Unforgivable] sets out as an account of unusual lives, finishes as a portrait of a society -- one that lives between the conventional and the openly low. full review

It's clearly the work of a master storyteller, conveying a rich, novelistic sense of character and a poetic feeling for the passing of time. full review

The way Techine holds them up to the film's unforgiving light, they sometimes seem less like people than like insects in a jar. full review

Techine lavishes upon us not just scenery and characters but complications and emotional turmoil in pursuit of subtlety. If this seems perverse, it most certainly is. full review

An elegantly rambling Franco-Italian affair about the ways we do each other wrong while trying to do each other right. full review

Every single player in Unforgivable is worth a movie of his or her own. The fact that they are all in the same movie together is more boon than bust. full review

The movie is intriguing and racy, but not always convincing. full review

There's something in this story that lingers, too, like the Venetian sunset, as we watch these people, rich and poor, acting foolishly, selfishly, sometimes even hurtfully. full review

Both Venice and Bouquet are photographed to ravishing effect, and like the city, Judith is meant to suggest something trapped into being a fantasy for others. full review

Literate, intelligent and a model of accomplished European filmmaking, "Unforgivable" showcases the kind of emotional complexity that is all but gone from the screen these days. full review

"Unforgivable" isn't one of Mr. Techine's greatest achievements, but it's engrossing even when its increasingly populated story falters, tripped up by unpersuasive actions, connections and details. full review

Without fully realized characters, the film's major moments - each cutting remark and humiliating act - feel hollow. full review

[An] elliptical and somewhat loopy drama about the slipperiness of love at any age... full review

Techine piles a staggering amount of incident into 111 minutes, ever pushing the narrative forward and never letting scenes dawdle. full review

A fascinating, satisfyingly complex romantic thriller. full review