Love Crime

French director Alain Corneau's last film starts with promise before it derails into a silly thriller. Two women, a ruthless executive and her innocent assistant bond successfully in the corporate culture but their bond is shattered when greed and love comes into play which leads to murder and deception. Corneau seemed to have tapped into something in the first act where the two women operate in the male dominated world but the story quickly turns its gear into the wrong direction which looses its steam and credibility along the way. Kristin Scott Thomas and Ludivine Sagnier star as the two women; while Scott Thomas is terrific in the underwritten role, the otherwise talented Sagnier can't save the film when it goes off the rails. 1001 Films' coverage of films on DVD.