She seems to have the ability to communicate with spirits, like her recently deceased twin brother. Retrouvez les 121 critiques et avis pour le film personal shopper, realise par olivier assayas avec kristen stewart, lars eidinger, sigrid bouaziz. Grieving the recent death of her twin brother, she haunts his paris home, determined to make contact with him. Mar 10, 2017 when olivier assayas wrote the script for his new movie personal shopper, he always had one actress in mind for the lead role kristen stewart. The resulting film may be rather difficult to pin down, but its relentlessly fascinating, drawing the viewer in through clever visuals and stewarts superbly internalised performance. Kristen stewarts dominant talent is being herself, but olivier assayas s new film, personal shopper, pushes her toward strained expressivity. The film basically has two stories maureens life as a personal shopper for some kind of fashionista that we never hear much about, and maureens other life as a selfstyled medium trying to make contact with her deceased brother. Other stores will charge a small fee to use their personal shoppers and the amenities that come along with the service. Those touches dont necessarily make personal shopper a bad film they make it an.
Mar 17, 2017 o h, what a strange and lovely and melancholy film. Dec 07, 2017 personal shopper charts maureens journey to accepting both the loss of her brother and her own mortality. Reaching across the void kristen stewart stars as a personal shopper trying to connect with her recently deceased twin brother in olivier assayass creepy ghost tale. Their focus is usually on clothes, although the number of nonclothing stores such as furniture retailers that offer personal shopping services is on the rise.
They are often employed by department stores and boutiques, although some are freelance or work exclusively online. Now, in the ghostly personal shopper, in theaters friday, march 10, ms. Perhaps no film has ever made the mobile phone quite such an instrument of tension. Personal shopper is an incredible work that will continue to haunt you, long after it is over. Personal shopper lingers in a dire channel of tedium and mediocrity that prevents it from being enjoyable.
Review personal shopper is the best film at cannes 2016. The film is a sneakily effective horror film, complete with a. With his new film personal shopper now in theaters, were sharing a conversation we had with the acclaimed french filmmaker during his visit to the criterion office last october. For my money, the best thing about personal shopper was learning of the swedish painter hilma af klint, who was doing wild abstract art before. Kirsten is ambiguous about her job as a personal shopper, which both she and others recognize is stupid. Kristen stewarts reteam with director olivier assayas got booed at a monday screening in cannes. From an opening sequence in a haunted house with an intricately constructed soundtrack to a hightension, catandmouse game on a trip from paris to london and back set entirely to text messaging, personal shopper brings the psychological and supernatural thriller into the digital age. For a film that set such an early eerie tone, personal shopper soon abandons this and replaces it with an obvious air of mystery, but nothing truly spectacular. Almost nothing is done to tie these two elements of the film together, and neither are explored in any depth. Personal shopper is an absentminded average film that nonetheless manages to occasionally jolt the heart exactly because large stretches of it are, putting mildly, sedate. Everything we viewed in this movie was from her vantage and from her perspective. Assayas makes a display of this actresss humid eyes, firmly set mouth and smooth physique, but the ghost story isnt all about her. As the film that lingered for days, even through a series of excellent films, personal shopper comes out atop the rest. Texting with a ghost in personal shopper the atlantic looks back on the key film scenes of 2017, this time a moment in the kristen stewartstarring postmodern drama.
Mar 22, 2017 very sexy and very scary, personal shopper is oliver assayas followup to clouds of sils maria, the film that proved a sharp and sensitive director could find a virtue in kristen stewarts air of neutrality. Personal shopper is in a very different realm and fits no mold whatsoever. Kristen stewart on trump and her new movie, personal shopper. After winning a series of major awards for her role in olivier assayas clouds of sils maria 2014, kristen stewart reunites with the filmmaker for this offbeat movie, which intriguingly blends. At first glance personal shopper is a bit of a tonal mishmash, as we follow kristen stewarts character maureen through encounters in paris both mundane and supernatural. It is actually assayass best film for a long time, and stewarts best performance to date she stars in a supernatural fashionistastalker nightmare. Kristen stewarts personal shopper will get under your skin. There is an american girl in france, played by kristen stewart very fitting in the role that appears to be there for work reasons. Olivier assayas, the internationallyacclaimed director of clouds of sils maria and summer hours, returns with this ethereal and mysterious ghost story starring kristen stewart as a highfashion personal shopper to the stars who is also a spiritual medium.
This incredibly moving esoteric masterpiece is the best film. Mar 24, 2017 olivier assayass latest film, the genrecomposite ghoststory thriller meets slowburn kristen stewartstarring workplace drama, is a riveting, impossibletoshake masterwork that leaves the. Many commenters about the film seem to doubt that a personal shopper is an actual job. Personal shopper is nothing if not a daring experiment in genre, but it cuts between so many styles that the film begins to resemble the unpublished novel in sideways. Mar 17, 2017 the old marmite analogy is such a terrible cliche, but thats basically what were looking at with personal shopper.
But in her new film, personal shopper, she does her best acting. Prsonal shopper s occult worldview is abhorrent, and its r. Kristen stewart stars in olivier assayass personal shopper. Mar 07, 2017 for my money, the best thing about personal shopper was learning of the swedish painter hilma af klint, who was doing wild abstract art before anybody else and claimed it was being dictated. Personal shopper 2017 a young american in paris works as a personal shopper for a celebrity. The ending of kristen stewarts personal shopper movie. The genredefying personal shopper part mystery, part drama, part thriller, part supernatural fantasy is nothing you can expect, and continues to challenge your expectations at every turn. Kristen stewart is entrancing as a haunted personal. It is actually assayass best film for a long time, and stewarts. Maureen est une jeune americaine qui travaille a paris. A film that is so preoccupied with death and what lurks after it needs to have more life. Apr 21, 2017 personal shopper theory 1 maureen is insane\traumatized.
Critiques presse pour le film personal shopper allocine. Its a character study that doubles as a ghost story, a fable about wealth, a pulp thriller, and involves a. Olivier assayass latest film, the genrecomposite ghoststory thriller meets slowburn kristen stewartstarring workplace drama, is a riveting, impossibletoshake masterwork that leaves the. As confusing as personal shopper may be, it is also the same thing that makes it interesting. The film revolves around a highfashion personal shopper kristen stewart to the stars who is also a spiritual medium. This is not a sixth sense knockoff, which was a fantastic movie, by the way. Personal shopper is a 2016 supernatural psychological thriller film written and directed by olivier assayas. If you can look past some of the less fortunate dialogue and lackluster cgi, then you will see the unsettling and seductive film that lies within.
Prsonal shoppers occult worldview is abhorrent, and its rrated content makes things even worse. There are personal shoppers in highend stores that assist the wealthy as well as helping photographers, filmmakers and other professionals find the needed clothing and accessories for their project. It begins as selfdescribed medium maureen stewart arrives at a rambling old house in the hope of contacting the spirit that may be residing within. Revisiting the ghost story of personal shopper, with. Olivier assayas wrote personal shopper for kristen stewart. O h, what a strange and lovely and melancholy film. The beginning of the film is ambiguous as to what is going on in the story and it is still coherent at that point. Personal shopper, which falls into the latter category, is the second french film she has made with assayas, following clouds of sils maria 2014, in which she played the personal assistant to a. Assayas, who is a major auteur, is not making a mere ghost story. Personal shopper nyff54 film society of lincoln center.
Viewers are forced to question whether personal shopper is a film that uses ghosts as a metaphor for grief. Personal shopper also contains some sexual content. A personal shopper is a person who helps others shop by giving advice and making suggestions. Personal shoppers can also be known as fashion stylists, shop assistants, or sales assistants. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message. Mar 10, 2017 the word haunting was not chosen lightly for personal shopper which is, at its heart, a ghost story. With kristen stewart, lars eidinger, sigrid bouaziz, anders danielsen lie. Avis sur le film personal shopper 2016 derriere le voile. She and her brother shared a similar heart defect, so she is ambiguous about her healthfuturelength of life. Personal shopper unfolds in a world of red carpet couture and social media selfpromotion, and is blessed with a mesmerising lead performance from kristen stewart, who won a cesar the french equivalent of the oscar for her role opposite juliette binoche in assayas previous film. And oh, by the way, she is the least credible narrator the world has ever seen in this theory. What fun it would have been to attend the meeting at which olivier assayas, the director of personal shopper, pitched his idea for the film. Maureen bares her upper body in a couple of scenes, one for an extensive amount of time. As a film that was both booed at its cannes screening and given an almost fiveminute standing ovation after its premiere, viewers have been reacting very strongly to it at both ends of the scale.
Rien ne marche vraiment dans personal shopper dolivier. Personal shopper is a weird take on traditional ghost stories. Its not by any stretch of the imagination, a film for everyone, nor is it a film. The film stars kristen stewart as a young american woman in paris who works as a personal shopper for a celebrity and tries to communicate with her deceased twin brother. But kirsten continues to work the job because it allows her to stay in paris. Its not by any stretch of the imagination, a film for everyone, nor is it a film for the horror crowd. Personal shopper and the misunderstood art of kristen stewart. To attempt to explain the direction personal shopper takes is merely to regurgitate plot points that dont sound like they belong in the same film. O livier assayas s personal shopper is stylish, mysterious and very strange. Assayas s new movie, is a supernatural thriller and an unnerving inquiry into the drift and mystery of modern life, it is also a raw and smoldering study in grief. May 21, 2016 to attempt to explain the direction personal shopper takes is merely to regurgitate plot points that dont sound like they belong in the same film. Stewart is outstanding as a haunted fashionbiz assistant in olivier assayass enigmatic ghost. A great performance from kristen stewart is not enough to save us from the films lack of flow and clunky movement between events.
Personal shopper is the kind of movie that gives its viewers space to explore the noises with which maureen lives, and the silence in which she waits. A personal shopper in paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. May 24, 2016 we found the best film at cannes 2016. Do you prefer kristen stewart as a vampire or as a medium personal shopper. Mar 16, 2017 personal shopper is a weird take on traditional ghost stories. But its also about the crushing isolation that accompanies the death of a loved one. Personal shopper sees stewarts talents pushed even further under assayas direction. Personal shopper theory 1 maureen is insane\traumatized. Mar 15, 2017 personal shopper, for which assayas won the prize for best director at last years cannes festival, is a ghost story, an erotic thriller, and an inner journey of personal identity.