France (2021)
Directed by Bruno Dumont
A celebrity journalist, juggling her busy career and personal life, has her life over-turned by a freak car accident.
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That will no doubt remind Americans of concerns the movie “Broadcast News” raised 34 years earlier, although in that case, “the devil” was a far more compelling character.
It’s David Lynch doing Broadcast News (1987) all wrapped up in a Hollywood studio’s glossy ‘women’s picture’ sentiment (throw in a tinge of social commentary with a noir underbelly).
She’s not deliciously ruthless like Nicole Kidman in To Die For , or Rene Russo in Nightcrawler ; but she’s not sympathetic either, making a series of poor and selfish decisions.