Personal Shopper - Official Movie Review

Personal Shopper starring Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Anders Danielsen Lie, Sigrid Bouaziz is reviewed by Alonso Duralde (TheWrap and Linoleum Knife podcast), William Bibbiani (Crave Online) and Christy Lemire (www.ChristyLemi...).
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Grieving the recent death of her twin brother, she haunts his Paris home, determined to make contact with him.
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[@TheFourthWinchester]

I was very impressed by her last few movies - Camp X Ray, Clouds of Sils Maria, etc. Kristen is doing some really amazing movies nowadays. Excited to see Personal Shopper tbh.

[@DarinMichaelGrant]

It's amazing *because* of her performance. She honestly should get an AA nomination for this role.

[@joanna-vv1rk]

she always have. Panic Room, Speak, Fierce People, The Cake Eaters, The Runaways, Welcome to the Rileys, Adventureland, Into The Wild. Theres just a handful of movies that were less impressive of hers, and usually she wasnt to blame, but either the script or editing. Even in cheesy Twilight series, if you read the books youll understand she not only portrayed it well, but actually gave this character more depth

[@commandZee]

Stewart made the loot with the lame Twilight series but now she can earnestly work all the arthouse flicks she wants- Respect!

[@DarinMichaelGrant]

I hated her *character* in Twilight (she played the part *perfectly),* but ever since then she has been consistently getting better and better, with both last year's Clouds of Sils Maria and this one being fabulous. She is one of our generation's most gifted actresses now, I think.

[@Markyajv]

Kristen was fantastic in Clouds of Sil's Maria. I loved that movie. Looking forward to this. Word is this is Kristen's best role to date.

[@DarinMichaelGrant]

It *is.* And if you haven't already, I implore you to not read these other comments about Stewart. She has turned into a terrific actress and all the screams in the world from Twilight haters cannot silence that. See it because she is amazing in it. P.S. Clouds of Sils Maria was, indeed, awesome. And she was stupendous.

[@mattred7710]

Kristen Stewart is becoming one of my favorite actors

[@Advent3546]

Actually Alonso, Adrien Brody was the first American to win a Cesar. He won for The Pianist. Kristen is the first American woman to win though.

[@itaikahari9395]

Kristen Stewart with Kelly Reichardt is great but Kristen Stewart with Olivier Assayas is magic.

[@DarinMichaelGrant]

Ah, someone has seen Certain Women I take it? Great film and she was *so good* in it. :)

[@ethidian3444]

Itai Kahari Certain Women is so much better than this. And Stewart is so much better in CW.

[@DarinMichaelGrant]

From The Guardian's review of Personal Shopper: "She gives a terrific performance - in that she’s awkward and raw; a splatter painting made flesh; a woman turned inside out. Stewart’s lines have a curious habit of trailing off at the end. Her gaze skips to the side, as though searching for an escape. Her detractors can (and *have)* identified this quality as evidence of poor acting technique, which is rather *missing the point.* You might as well accuse Holden Caulfield of being an unreliable narrator, or complain that Marlon Brando totally goes to pieces in On the Waterfront. Stewart’s very gaucheness is gorgeous. Paradoxically, I think it might be the making of her." Unbelievably well said and just another nail in the coffin for Stewart's detractors. I love it. :)

[@iansmart4158]

@mimi mimi I disagree. If you watch her in CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA she has a certain calm and confidence that is the antithesis of her performance in Personal Shopper. She does do thing where she searches for words, but the nuances of her performances in these 2 movies are night and day. Physically they are 2 distinct ppl.

[@conorriordan7991]

I thought they were gonna hate this by the opening statements

[@marie-reginaofhousestarkwi1258]

One of the early movies of Kristen Stewarts that I love is Speak its based on a award-winning book and she's amazing in it

[@leobergmiller873]

Why don't they have Bibs there more...

[@JakeG-gp4qt]

YMS said this movie sucks. But I'll give Chris Stuckmann the benefit of the doubt.

[@Okdude1234]

Jake G 2187 Chris Stuckmann also gave Civil War an A+ rating, so you might be better off with yms.

[@alexanderklepp]

What rating did Chris Stuckmann give Personal Shopper?

[@temporaryhandle802]

YMS has no credibility, neither does Stuckmann. They don't have good form to their reviewing. Amateurs, basically.

[@temporaryhandle802]

Some random guys telling you how they feel about a movie, though YMS is more thorough

[@film79]

James Rode I don't know what YMS is but that Stuckmann guy just reminds me of several guys I've known over the years that see every new movie. Those guys loved to give you their opinion even though they both lacked good taste and gave boring reviews.

[@roter13]

Alonso always looks uptight when Bibs is there

[@mansoni7103]

I didn't see a trailer before I watched the movie today and was not expecting anything this good - including Kristen Stewart's performance! She was so so good and it totally changed my opinion of her work. Also, I haven't been so creeped out in a long time.

[@MrChaseBlue]

Please review RAW!!!! Would love to know your opinions on that film :)

[@oldchicken2]

I think you guys really appreciated the many layers in this film, and what it was trying to do. I loved it (the film and this review of it!)

[@hindashfadi]

i'm definitely going to see it now. i agree with christy, kristen stewart was great in panic room!!!

[@morriemukoda45]

DAT is a big jug of water....

[@mrsperfectlyfine450]

Is that a shirt that says Halloween for your consideration?? Where can I GET IT?

[@chalmersantiago1998]

My favorite movie because I'm attracted to melancholia.

[@binaryg]

Excellent review of what I think, for me, is a great film. I truly admire Kristen Stewart as an Actor and this is an example of how mesmerizing she can be.

[@lucasledain4834]

It makes me happy to see Kristen start to get praise and better movie roles :D Twilight won't haunt her forever, plus she managed to become more likeable with time... unlike some other YA stars.....or rather other 2 blonde haired YA stars.

[@ZariDV]

Ngl I've watched so much Scandal that my mind keeps insisting that the jar on the table is filled with moonshine.

[@ArcaneNH]

LOVE Christy's shirt :)

[@SummerOtaku]

What it is it referencing? I thought Death Note at first then Sweeny Todd but in the end I have no idea..

[@corymcpherson1235]

Summer Bradshaw linoleum knife, a podcast run by Alonso and his husband.

[@Iggsy81]

dafuq are u drinking out of christy lol

[@comedicmemoir]

A mason jar...

[@gee_emm]

coherent? did we see the same film? didn’t this get booed at cannes? i wanted my 2 hours back. in the name of compassion, that’s all i’ll say...

[@user-uv4tv9po9j]

Some of the best movies get booed at Cannes..........

[@gee_emm]

@@user-uv4tv9po9j This was not one of them, all due respect…

[@Alec_Collins78]

PLEASE try to avoid spoilers!

[@StolenPvP]

Exactly why I skip to the end to see their ratings. They give too much away.

[@payasoinfeliz]

i did not care for this movie at all. it was good enough to keep my attention throughout, but i didnt really enjoy it, regretted having seen it. if you like to discuss and figure out wtf you just watched, you might like it. reminds me of nocturnal animals, but way more abstract, like x50.

[@veronchung3580]

Paya So I love watching films that make me go "WTF?" due to the weirdness, and I loved this one too. Not many answers, a very claustophobic style of filming, I think it was pretty good.

[@GypsyGuyy420]

The Beast!

[@paxwallacejazz]

She has a prescence on screen vulnerable and slightly neurotic minus the comedy that makes that work. Jittery. Great body that you get to see in this film ;attractive. She ain't Merrill Streep or Blanchette but perhaps everyone doesn't have to be. Hey man the movie just works for me, just. So B+.

[@ryanveyr9195]

This left too much to the audience in my opinion. It was a blur the whole way

[@MrMusicMan808]

twilight should've been an arthouse film

[@chystalball]

Was she killed by that guy in a hotel? And then rest is happening in the dead / unreal world?

[@Jonathan544200]

This was supposed to be a review but instead they are telling the movie scenes, and praise Kristen give me a break man, ive seen it too, explain the elevator scene or what are the meanings of the blackouts of some scenes.

[@Maiasgameroom]

too many spoilers said in this review

[@MrChaseBlue]

not really. those aren't the major ones to spoil. The trailer or teaser actually showcases the final line uttered in the film.

[@phaznac]

This movie is the definition of blah

[@1muzikmania]

Damn. They're giving away some stuff lol

[@sha11235]

Like a virus. Little would he know a few years later......

[@alany7276]

You are in another world of stupid if you thought the text sequence was a "mystery." The villain was so obviously a villain from the start, and there was no other suspect. You can't have a mystery with one fucking suspect. It was handled disappointingly - there was a big build-up as if a revelation was coming and it never came. Stewart's performance was the only thing worthwhile about this movie.

[@SketchyBack]

Agreed. It's like... is it a ghost? ...Or the only other obvious guy?

[@JAContes]

Critics keep telling us that Kristen Stewart is a good actress, but I have yet to see any evidence of this...

[@0axel078]

How many of her movies have you seen yourself?

[@StolenPvP]

I've seen plenty of her films, including her independent projects (Sils maria, Cafe Society, etc) but she always takes me out of films. I can't take her acting seriously. I've always given her a chance, but she always disappoints. I'll see Personal Shopper for a final taste.

[@commandZee]

I dug her performance in The Runaways and Camp X-ray

[@SoulStylistJukeBox]

Stick to Sandra Bullock films. Kristen ain't your kinda actress.

[@Tayl0rama]

I love the shit out of her and have consequently seen every movie she has been in and yeah, I hate her acting lol. Maybe it's better in this film. Usually I find it pretty distracting though.

[@edgarnello9165]

this movie is trash. i watched it cuz i thought it was gonna be about ghosts but its about nothing. i love kstew but geese this movie was boring af

[@squatch545]

The Kristen Stewart style of deadpan acting is not interesting.

[@marie-reginaofhousestarkwi1258]

Unfriended is super good!

[@TheWoah]

Marie Cullen Dude, no.

[@tlovehater]

Kristen is a personal shopper, mad at me, I think I know why, Kristen is a personal shopper, in the jewelry store looking at shit you can't buy.

[@indexandthumb]

Loved this review of Personal Shopper. Also to all the Kristen Stewart skeptics, I will strongly recommend The Cake Eaters, Fierce People, Welcome To The Rileys

[@basquat76]

Kristen Stewart can be really charismatic even when she's not doing much. Yeah that's how you wanna use her as an actress. Don't let her do to much. The quiet intraverted girl who stairs blankely into nothing is what she does best. And incidently this sounded like the most boring movie ever made, Which is not Kristen Stewrds fault though, but dear me i almost feel asleep listening to them talk about the film.

[@MrChaseBlue]

Trust me, it's a lot more exciting and entertaining than they conveyed it to you. It's still a genre film or at least one with major genre elements that the director deconstructs. He won best director at Cannes for a reason. It's somewhat unclassifiable and certainly original. They're just not selling this well.

[@basquat76]

Mate i just saw it, and you're right. It's a good film. I really enjoyed it actually.

[@bebeflamand1]

This is a 6/10 movie at best. I don't get why you feel Kristen Stewart is a good actress, I can never connect with her performances.

[@user-uv4tv9po9j]

Davin loud acting is not charisma lol

[@laserdisc688]

First!

[@SketchyBack]

This movie is bullshit, done professionally, but it's still so unsatisfying. It's about bullshit things that never get meaningful - ghosts making noises and that's it. I braced myself when I thought it'd be about fashion - but it's not. Nothing in this movie matters - doesn't have anything interesting to say about death or loss or love or fucking anything. It's frightening a couple times, but ultimately just unexciting. Kristen Stewart is an excellent actor who performs her boring character well, but the film sucks.

[@donwon7592]

A movie starring that lesbian thing in Kristen Stewart. Yeah, I'll pass.

[@DarinMichaelGrant]

Good for you, a**hat.

[@MultiAmmar2000]

Clouds of sils maria is absolutely awful

[@DarinMichaelGrant]

No, it's actually *fantastic.* But, whatever, dude.