Personal Shopper

2016
R
1h 45m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

44K

YOUR RATING

Kristen Stewart in Personal Shopper (2016)

Grieving the recent death of her twin brother, a personal shopper to the stars who is also a spiritual medium haunts his Paris home, determined to make contact with him.

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Mystery Thriller

A personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person cont... Read allA personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.A personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

44K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 9 wins & 24 nominations

Trivia
This was the first film in the 69th edition of the Cannes International Film Festival to be booed by some of the critics. Other critics gave it rave reviews. In spite of the divisive reactions by the international critics, the film was later well-received by the audience at the premiere, who gave a long standing ovation. Olivier Assayas finally won the 'Best Director' award by the 'Official Competition' jury.

Goofs
When Maureen is texting, her texts are frequently answered immediately, usually in less than one second. There is no time lag built in for the other person to read her text and type in their response. This goof is probably intentional. Building in a time lag for the other person to read/respond to her messages would considerably slow down the pacing of the movie, so responses to her texts were probably prepared in advance and sent immediately.

Quotes
[last lines]
Maureen Cartwright: Lewis, is it you?
[pauses]
Maureen Cartwright: Or is it just me?

Connections
Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Kristen Stewart/Dan Rather/Big Sean (2017)

Soundtracks
Ave Generosa
Written by Hildegard von Bingen
Performed by Jordi Savall and Andrew Lawrence-King

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Review

Featured review

6/10

meh

First it seems like a haunted house trope, but no, then a ghost hunt, nope, then some kind of mystery thriller, but neither... It´s ultimately a grief film that drags on and on, relying exclusively on Kristen Stewart to sustain everything. It´s so subtle is almost not even there. To people who might make it to the end here´s a fine minimalistic drama that holds back from many clichés, a serious story, too serious maybe. There are a couple of great moments but it isn´t really rewarding. It just disguises a realistic drama as a ghost story, which is not the best idea cause it calls for an audience bound to be disappointed. I´m trying to like it but it´s just not good enough, it seems to add slightly relevant events just to fill the runtime. And it is confirmed, Kristen Stewart can´t smile. She tries at one point and it was like watching Wednesday Addams all over again.