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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasSpecial Treatment is a serious film, but Labrune allows a touch of dark comedy in her depictions of Alice's clients and Xavier's patients.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAt the end, there is no great revelation, but Huppert has succeeded once again in making us wonder what's going on in there.
- French drama Special Treatment draws a brazenly provocative parallel between the professions of psychiatry and prostitution.
- 63Slant MagazineSlant MagazineA portrait of gender-and job-transcending ennui, Special Treatment paints a vulgar picture of two apparently interwoven professions: prostitutes and shrinks.
- 50Village VoiceErnest HardyVillage VoiceErnest HardyThat's why Special Treatment is so disheartening. The film, starring Huppert, quickly telegraphs that its ideas are too shallow for a talent as deep as hers.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterRay BennettThe Hollywood ReporterRay BennettWith neither great insight nor any sign of wit, the film is not likely to capture interest outside France.
- 40Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearDirector Jeanne Labrune (Vatel) makes the most out of having a compellingly watchable movie star at her disposal, but neither some odd stabs at humor nor Huppert's versatility do much to enliven what's essentially a superficially sexed-up soufflé.
- 40The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenA story that should have been a taut poker-faced French farce that pushed its premise to the brink of absurdity stalls, unsure of its balance between comedy and drama. The movie's one reliable constant is Ms. Huppert. You can't take your eyes off her, even when she is misused and misdirected.
- 20New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierAs clichés trot through their sessions - it's like "In Treatment" as bedroom farce - we check out. Huppert, though, is as fearless as ever.