In The House

I missed this film so I've nothing to say, but I have received this contribution from a guest reviewer – who writes under the nom de plume  “Wakefield Belle”:

"Another film with a fine performance from Fabrice Luchini, who must be one of France's most employed actors! He plays Germain, a disenchanted literature tutor, who is surprised to find one of his new pupils displaying a talent for writing.  Young Claude looks angelic but was devious and manipulative, worming his way into the life of a school friend and getting 'in the house'. Claude's essays get more and more descriptive and Germain and his wife Jeanne, beautifully played by Kristin Scott Thomas, become locked into Claude's world. The problems for me began when it was no longer clear what was real and what Claude was adding to the essays to please or titillate Germain. The final act with Germain's sacking and Jeanne leaving him seemed unnecessarily contrived - would he have ended up homeless and on the streets so quickly? Was Claude always wanting to be in Germain's house? The side story of Jeanne and the 'pornographic art gallery' was amusing, but a distraction.  The question of how contemporary art is viewed is worthy of a comedy film on its own."

Audience feedback score was 80%:

A	Intriguing
A	Wonderful, witty, surprising, intelligent storytelling
A	Clever juxtaposition of reality and fiction – and was the conclusion just more fiction?
A	Yes. Brilliantly done. Not sure what I should make of it though.
A	TO BE CONTINUED...
B	So interesting – observations of other people's lives & different interpretations – marvellous!
B
B
B	Intriguing and enjoyable, struggled a bit with what was real and what was fantasy.
B
B	Intriguing story – blurring of fact and fiction.
B	Disturbing!
B	An engaging but unlikely story. A twist of the play within a play concept.
B	Compelling viewing – thought provoking! Very enjoyable – you forget you are reading subtitles!
B	Engaging tale mixing fact and fiction to good avail.
B
B	Intriguing concept. Well acted
C
C
C	Enjoyable, but a bit silly.
C	Fascinating & multi-layered
C

On-line:

Philip French in The Observer: “François Ozon's clever psychological comedy about teaching and erotic obsession is his best work to date”:
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/mar/31/in-the-house-review

Anthony Quinn in The Independent 'What it needs, and alas, doesn't get, is an ending to tie it all together. Instead of turning the narrative screw, In the House merely lollops to a halt, leaving the story not so much unresolved as incomplete. If Germain had received this from a student he would surely have written at the top, with justification, "See me."'
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/film-review-in-the-house-15-8553951.html

Tim Robey in The Telegraph: “It’s a scintillating intellectual tease, rigorously controlled, but terrific fun at the same time.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/9959578/In-the-House-review.html

IMDB 7.3 out of 10:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1964624/

Rotten Tomatoes audience rating 82%:
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/in_the_house_2013/