Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- eerie
- paranoid
- oppressive
- late night viewing
- arthouse thriller night
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the film as a creepy, psychologically tense thriller elevated by superb performances and sustained naturalistic tension.
What sets it apart
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The Gettys' new suburban home shifts from an ordinary residence into an oppressive site of behavioral change and possible possession.
The rare Scandinavian lemming found trapped in the kitchen sink introduces an uncanny image that shadows the couple's unraveling.
Bénédicte's altered behavior after Alice's suicide seems to reproduce Alice's presence without resolving whether the cause is supernatural or psychological.
Alain's flying web-cam prototype and high-tech workplace stand alongside adultery, sexual manipulation, suicide, and marital alienation.
Films like Lemming, and why
With a Friend Like Harry...
creepy psychological tension, suburban domestic unease, and destabilized intimate relationships
The Night of the 12th
French psychological suspense, marital distrust, and ambiguous identity disturbance
The Piano Teacher
slow-burning domestic paranoia, sexual transgression, and psychologically corrosive mystery
Caché
surreal psychological mystery and threatening suburban atmosphere
Movie Details
- Director
- Dominik Moll
- Release Date
- 2005-05-11
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (152)
Cast
- Laurent Lucas
- Charlotte Gainsbourg
- André Dussollier
- Charlotte Rampling
- Jacques Bonnaffé
- Véronique Affholder
- Michel Cassagne
- Florence Desille
- Emmanuel Gayet
- Félix Gonzalez
Common questions
- What is Lemming about?
- A French suburban couple’s fragile stability collapses when a strange animal, a troubled dinner guest, and an apparent posthumous presence converge.
- What is Lemming like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Lemming as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Lemming violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Lemming as mild.
- What did critics think of Lemming?
- Critics broadly regard the film as a creepy, psychologically tense thriller elevated by superb performances and sustained naturalistic tension.
- Which films are like Lemming?
- Films with a similar feel include With a Friend Like Harry..., The Night of the 12th, The Piano Teacher, and Caché.
- How long is Lemming?
- Lemming runs 130 minutes.
