For me the selling point was Mathieu Amlaric; I find Polanski both overrated and obsessive, something of a one-trick pony, and as for his wife, I much prefer her kid sister Mathilde, if not her uncle Louis. Nevertheless I have yet to see Amlaric turn in a bad performance even early in his career when he was mostly supporting - he's not a bad director either if anybody asks you - so I decided to shell out at the box office and see what happened. What happened was an elaborate game-within-a-game-within-a-play-within-film which will be of most interest to those who like elaborate shaggy dog stories. Both leads are competent and Amlaric is as good as always. Not for everyone but if you like that sort of thing this is the sort of thing you'll like.
Review of Venus in Fur
