Engrossing


An autumnal atmosphere of death prevails over Olivier Assayas’ weirdo ghost story/voyeurism thriller Personal Shopper. Kristen Stewart, jittery and endlessly watchable, is Maureen — personal shopper for a movie star by day, ghost-hunting medium by night. Maureen hates her paying gig, seeking out trendy clothes and outrageously expensive jewelry for the vapid Kyra ()Nora von Waldstätten) — but it allows her to live in Paris, at least. What she really wants to do with her time is contact dead people. Specifically one dead person: her twin brother Lewis, who recently died from a heart attack due to an oversized ventricle. Maureen suffers from the same condition, and while her doctor tells her that Lewis’ death was “exceptional”, there’s the ever-present fear that she could kick the bucket prematurely as well: http://www.cutprintfilm.com/reviews/personal-shopper-tiff/

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