Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- tense
- paranoid
- sardonic
- late night thriller viewing
- arthouse film night
What critics said
Critics broadly found Alain Corneau's final film intelligent and well directed, but too thin and formulaic beneath its melodramatic thriller conventions.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Christine exploits her executive position to manipulate Isabelle, whose professional ambitions provoke an escalating struggle for control.
Christine recruits Isabelle as an assistant and deliberately toys with her apparent innocence while appropriating her ideas.
The rivalry between Christine and Isabelle makes ambition, manipulation, and responsibility increasingly difficult to separate.
The office setting functions as a tightly managed arena where surveillance, hierarchy, and interpersonal threat dominate the atmosphere.
Films like Love Crime, and why
The Assistant
psychological workplace manipulation, female rivalry, and controlled corporate suspense
Single White Female
stylized psychological thriller centered on ambition, deception, and a dangerous power imbalance
Diabolique
female-driven neo-noir intrigue, betrayal, and calculated criminal schemes
The Firm
corporate power games, moral ambiguity, and escalating psychological tension
Movie Details
- Director
- Alain Corneau
- Release Date
- 2010-08-09
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (128)
Cast
- Ludivine Sagnier
- Kristin Scott Thomas
- Patrick Mille
- Guillaume Marquet
- Marie Guillard
- Gérald Laroche
- Olivier Rabourdin
- Julien Rochefort
- Mike Powers
- Matthew Gonder
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- AMC+ Amazon Channel, Sundance Now
- Rent
- Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Love Crime about?
- A French psychological thriller turns a corporate mentorship into a lethal contest of ambition, manipulation, and revenge.
- What is Love Crime like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Love Crime as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Love Crime violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Love Crime as mild.
- What did critics think of Love Crime?
- Critics broadly found Alain Corneau's final film intelligent and well directed, but too thin and formulaic beneath its melodramatic thriller conventions.
- Which films are like Love Crime?
- Films with a similar feel include The Assistant, Single White Female, Diabolique, and The Firm.
- How long is Love Crime?
- Love Crime runs 104 minutes.
- Where can I watch Love Crime?
- In United States, Love Crime streams on AMC+ Amazon Channel, Sundance Now.
