Anna M. Review

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Nov 12th 2007 By Total Film

Never let it be said that watching someone go spectacularly off their rocker doesn’t have its entertaining side. Unfortunately, as director Michel Spinosa has discovered, making a Fatal Attraction-esque thriller that’s also a serious study of mental illness is a lot harder than it sounds. Anna M (Isabelle Carré) is a lonely Parisian who becomes dangerously obsessed with her doctor (Gilbert Melki) following a car accident that leaves her with a broken leg. Carré is electrifyingly unpredictable as every man’s worst nightmare – her crazed wailing leaves nothing to be desired – but she’s let down by a script that tries but fails to lift the lid on Anna’s illness. Any plot tension fizzles out after the first 20 minutes and the rest is more a clinical case study than an involving drama. Is it psychologically accurate? Perhaps. Thrilling? Nope.