Review of Maîtresse

what a phony fine romance this is. and what about the fact that Gerard appears to totally slit someone's throat towards the end of the film? I mean, he's become a bit of a DRAG to the audience at this point, one can only imagine what his girlfriend thinks. and why can't she just tell him Gaultier is not her pimp and that he's probably investing her money? of course we don't know what's up with the bank acct he starts at her instruction. and when he's in the bank again... it's not at all clear what's up, is he retrieving chump change that's all that's left in the account to go leave as a valentine? if so, what's so moving about that? it just seems another instance of his being a complete idiot. for this film to succeed there needed to be some way of making their relationship more believable. it was interesting when he took charge with her once the dog was out of the room the first time. but when it ends up with him raping her and her kicking him out... it should have just stayed that way... the scene at the slaughter house was totally gratuitous, and since the process has been depicted in much better films, all the more so. the best part of this film was the fetish sequences, the rest of it was pure hokum.