Review Round Up – Elle and Dancer

March 10th is here, and with it comes a duo of new releases that are sure to entertain you.

Dutch director Paul Verhoeven (RoboCop, Basic Instinct, Total Recall) is back after a long hiatus with his Oscar-nominated thriller Elle starring Isabelle Huppert – and it’s bound to get people talk. And ballet bad boy Sergei Polunin also makes a return in the documentary Dancer.

Check out our review round up for these films below and see them at the IFI from the 10th of March.

Elle  
“A shocking, unconventional take on rape”
4/5 – Irish Times                                                                                              

“Paul Verhoeven’s richest, most complex, and troubling film yet”
5/5 – Independent

“One of the most unique and uncompromising films you’re ever likely to see. Go see it.”
4.5/5 – entertainment.ie

“Huppert’s magnificent performance glazes everything with mystery and is an essential flavour for its dark and sulphurous absurdity”
5/5 – Guardian

Dancer       
“The mysterious tale of the dancer from Hozier’s Take Me to Church”
4/5 – Irish Times

“The film reveals the extreme sacrifices he made to become the world’s best dancer”
4/5 – Independent

“Dancer is filled with breathtaking, gravity-defying athleticism as the dancer Sergei Polunin leaps from a poor childhood in Ukraine to principal at the Royal Ballet in London”
4/5 – Times UK

“A graceful, elegant and touching film”
4/5 – entertainment.ie

Dancer and Elle are screening daily at the IFI.

 

 

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