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Movie Overview
Cast
• Frédéric Van Den Driessche
• Maroussia Dubreuil
• Lise Bellynck
Director
• Jean-Claude Brisseau
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Exterminating Angels (2007)

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OFCS Rating: 50% Rotten
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"An act of nearly overwhelming self-congratulation ... like Wings of Desire directed by Zalman King."  Film Journal International  Chris Barsanti

3/5
"Can the modern man handle Brisseau's cup of tea? The answer: Dude! All-girl threesome!"  Filmcritic.com  Chris Cabin

B-
"Provocative, erotic and unforced Exterminating Angels is a cautionary story about the perils of awakening useless desire."  ColeSmithey.com  Cole Smithey

"The coldness of the artist in observing life is here so embarrassingly done as to unintentionally bring about titters, not titillations."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Donald J. Levit

3/4
"Exterminating Angels is Jean-Claude Brisseau's Sex is Comedy, though it could just as easily have been called Anatomy of Hell."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

1/5
"The only thing shocking about this French film is its Puritanical finale."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

"The beauties of Brisseau's movies lie in their defiantly messy imperfections: pretty poison all the way."  House Next Door  Keith Uhlich

2/5
"It's about the sex, stupid."  Film-Forward.com  Kent Turner

3/4
"The film is ultimately infuriating, subtle, self-indulgent, astute and disingenuous, which makes for great -- if divisive -- conversation."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

2/5
"It lacks any introspection to illuminate the erotic subject matter."  Film Threat  Matthew Sorrento

B+
"A complex, confessional examination of [Jean-Claude Brisseau's] twisted, thorny and ultimately ambiguous feelings toward women and sex."  Lessons of Darkness  Nick Schager

7/10
"A venture into the world of lust and love scripted with the beauty and discipline of Greek tragedy. As enthralling as it is disturbing. A must see for those who can tolerate the explicit sex."  Monsters and Critics  Ron Wilkinson
OFCS Rating: 50% Rotten
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