81
Metascore
15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe drama's elegant structure, which takes you through a series of surprises so smoothly and logically that it might be over before you realize you've seen one of the new year's most intriguing, intelligent movies.
- 90VarietyLisa NesselsonVarietyLisa NesselsonA breathlessly involving tale of urban indifference, rampant hypocrisy and the difference a little human decency can make, superbly played pic is a black comedy that's frequently funny but never frivolous.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasMixes satire and suspense in unexpected ways in a film that is as darkly amusing as it is bitterly critical of bourgeois society's indifference to suffering.
- 80The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThere is not a decent (or even half-decent) male character to be found in Chaos, a gripping feminist fable with a savage comic edge.
- 80The New RepublicStanley KauffmannThe New RepublicStanley KauffmannThe picture holds us, not only through our wonderment at the mixture but through Serreau's dexterity and her casting.
- 80Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanOne heck of a tale of deliciously unladylike payback.
- 75New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanDespite a brief, unnecessary foray into melodrama -- stands alone as compelling entertainment.
- 75New York PostMegan LehmannNew York PostMegan LehmannThere's a carnivalesque medley of subplots scampering about the screen, but Serreau manages to emerge triumphant with all the threads nimbly stitched together.
- 75Boston GlobeJanice PageBoston GlobeJanice PageThe best that can be said of the men in Coline Serreau's Chaos is that some of them are pimps.
- 75Miami HeraldMarta BarberMiami HeraldMarta BarberNever stops having its dark fun.