Heading South (Vers le sud)

"Cantet's anticipated follow-up to "Time Out" supplants that pic's important issues with unexamined attitudes toward sex and the tropics..."

"A beautifully written, seamlessly directed film with award-worthy performances by Ms. Rampling and Ms. Young..."

"Rampling is fascinating as Ellen, the aging romantic who hardens her vulnerability with a materialist philosophy regarding the buying and selling of sex. The other two actresses give more superficial performances, with Young totally unconvincing as a Southern neurotic..."

"An engrossing and subtle film..."

"Ethical tie-ups are superceded by the fact that this is a film of surface effect, based on the pure spectacle of characters trying to inhabit old skins as best and as gaudily as they can. Only as soon as it shades over into emotional realism – imbuing these costumes with a register that’s beyond them – does Cantet sacrifice our interest. Just don’t be surprised when he’s kidnapped to direct the next Nike commerical..."

"Cantet keeps a lid on a story that he could have easily exploited, but he makes his points about beauty, fulfillment, self-indulgence and delusion with a measured hand..."

"Cantet weaves a dark, disturbing story of hedonism, casual racism and the lethal consequences of self-indulgence in his superb drama Heading South..."