Protraph Lack of good storyline.

Supelice Dreadfully Boring

Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

christos_martinis Disclaimer: I find that writing these things is pointless but something happens to me when I see love/hate reviews by people who watch art house and horror films. It's probably because I think that the marriage of these two 'genres' can be amazing but the fans of both only want to see more of what they have already seen. So, here goes...Trouble Every Day was... well... It's hard to express dislike for some films without being accused of shallowness or of not being able to take on-screen gore. The thing is that this is not a very interesting film. It's well shot and all but the acting seems forced, not in the overacting sense but in the 'underacting' one. It's as if everyone is trying their best to deliver lines as empty of emotion as possible. I get that it's a choice the director made, but along with the lack of dialog it becomes too prominent. Some people spoke of passion or lust or something but I got none of that.The gore was not offensive or over the top either. I'd say it was just enough to get the point across even if one is not accustomed to such things. To be frank, I welcomed it when it started because it provided something to look at. Talking about plot, obviously the creators didn't care for one but some things are just silly. Breaking into a house and having sex with some girl you found trapped in a room for one...All in all, this is a film about sexually transmitted cannibalism shot in an art house film fashion which in my opinion would be much better if it run only 30 minutes long.

Maz Murdoch (asda-man) Trouble Every Day had acquired my interest for a few years. I started getting into French horror and fell head over heels for masterpieces' such as: Inside, Martyrs and Calvaire. This suddenly cropped up whilst I was browsing for something new within the French extremity. It looked promising. Not only did it star Beatrice Dalle (who is insanely creepy as La Femme in claustrophobic Inside) but it had an intriguing plot about some honeymooners and a cannibal. It also had a striking poster. However, what put me off were the largely negative reviews, claiming that the film is boring, pretentious artsy, fartsy rubbish. So I held off for years until now. I thought, "Sod it, it looks great and there are plenty of rave reviews from people who like weird films like me." And I'm glad that I did! It's easy to see why some people hate Trouble Every Day. It's very slow and the characters don't act like you or I (i.e. Normal. Unless you're not normal, because come to think of it neither am I!). Trouble Every Day is a film in which you need to get into the right frame of mind before or as you watch it. It's not a film which thrives of realism. It's "art" and is aware that it's a film, thus it thrives on its unsettling atmosphere and if you let that engulf you then you're likely to become strangely engrossed in its weird characters and mysterious plot.There are some moments of brilliance. I loved the way Claire used extreme close-ups to create a claustrophobic and off-kilter atmosphere. I was also impressed at the symbolism of some shots. For example, a lot of the shots were taken from behind a window or fence, possibly to suggest how the characters feel metaphorically (and in some cases, literally) trapped. I also liked how raw and realistic the film felt. There's a great moment where the camera pans slowly over a man's naked body, yet it's shot so closely that it makes the man's body look grotesque. It's completely anti-glam! In the end, Trouble Every Day isn't for everyone. Some may call it slow and pretentious and I wouldn't necessarily disagree with that. However, for me it hit all the right buttons. It kept me engaged and the unusual directing was strangely compelling. I also liked the way it used visuals more than words to tell the story. If you demand a lot of action in your films, then don't bother. But if you'd like something a little unusual, intriguing and ambiguous, then Trouble Every Day isn't a bad place to start. It's also not as repulsively gory as everyone says it is.

tonymurphylee Claire Denis's Trouble Every Day is a film that probably shouldn't have been made, but now it exists and it is out in the open ready to be watched. Sadly, most people who watch it will likely wish that they hadn't. It's a hopeless, deeply intense, and horrifically disturbing film that will leave most audiences pretty much polarized. It is a film that brings to mind the style of Michael Haneke and the aesthetic quality and themes of David Cronenberg. It's a jarring film, but quietly so. It is a film that should speak for itself above all because it's a difficult film to describe and to digest, and these words that I am using to describe the film cannot come close to doing it justice. It is like Blue Velvet in that it is impossible to predict what you are really in for when you sit down and watch it. There is no plot. There are actions. A mad doctor keeps his sick wife locked up in her room. She suffers from a deadly cannibalistic zombie disease. Another man has the same ailment and tries to control his urges for flesh while on his honeymoon in Paris. A young maid slowly and unwillingly becomes sucked into his situation. What can I say? This is a very troubling film.Trouble Every Day requires a lot of patience to sit through. It is slow paced, but very purposefully so. It is minimalistic horror at it's absolute best and most stringent. Somehow, however, it manages to convey nearly every basic emotion while allowing itself to unfold with the utmost simplicity. It's one of the messiest art films that one can come across, but justifiably so. Take, for instance, the early scenes which detail the man on a plane with his wife on their way to Paris and how haunting the scene is. They kiss tenderly and passionately and it is romantic and beautiful. He goes into the bathroom and becomes frenzied, his urges becoming stronger and more prominent and the film becomes psychological in his plight. The film prior to this scene shows a man in a field discovering a devoured corpse, the blood and gore coating the long grass. The scene is handled not as horrific, however, but more eerie and stoic in it's minimal detailing. The scenes in this film unfold in a quiet and suspenseful way that does become incredibly scary. Nothing about the film is outright scary, but the lingering tension and the intensity of the situations as a whole come off all too effective. The film just exists. When you watch it, you will feel dropped into the middle of a film. There is no beginning or end to this story. The film shows a world of desperate craving, inhuman madness, and disgusting behavior.The only problem I have with this film is it's moments in which is does try to develop the plot rather than the characters. Since there's no plot, the film's attempts to suddenly place one into the film's style come off as a complete failure. Basically the scenes I'm talking about are all the scenes in which the characters have dialogue. Vincent Gallo is a fantastic actor, but his voice is one of the most unusual voices I have ever heard. He sounds high-pitched and shrill, and it comes off incredibly bizarre given his large posterior. I don't fault his voice as being an unneeded aspect of this film, but rather the direction that his character is taken in as a fault. There should be no direction, and that's the problem with those scenes. I say the same for Beatrice Dalle's character. Thankfully her scenes come off completely monstrous and horrible, which is the way it should be. Thankfully ninety five percent of the film is about character development rather than plot development and the whole film is very haunting as a whole so it is easy to forget what is happening during these scenes and it does not become a problem, only a minor issue. I think the only people who will take more issue with this film are the people who either don't care for the subject matter or don't care for this film's style, in which case they have no reason to watch this film anyway.Many viewers will walk away not entirely sure what they just watched. Don't dismiss the film entirely though. It will grow on you soon after you have finished it. It is not the kind of film that asks for the audience's attention. It is the kind of film that simply delivers quality suspense, gore, and romance in equal measure, but develops it all to it's most intense. It is one of the most intense films I've watched, and that is saying something. I think it is films like this that really remind me that the French are making some of the most challenging horror films. Trouble Every Day is a great horror film, but it's intense subject matter and qualities makes it more for the most brave moviegoers.(For an extended version of this comment, as well as other comments like this, visit www.cuddercityfilmchronicles.blogspot.com).

lost4wurds Admittedly Trouble Every Day is a very different film than most I run across. It's quiet and subtle with so many undertones, I was sometimes left wondering what exactly was being conveyed from scene to scene. The story is a fairly simple one that takes forever to unwind: a former doctor (possibly current doctor, details are kept sparse) honeymoons with his new bride, and uses their trip to track down another doctor who is treating his wife for some sort of sadistic vampirism or something of that sort.The movie, like sex caught on camera, is both disturbing and beautiful, visceral and permeating, yet somehow lacking. So many moments seemed to demand some sort of explanation, as though if you had a guide the journey would be slightly more meaningful. That aside, I was deeply attracted to the overall tone of the film, the confrontation of flesh, and the deeper meanings held within.Look, just see it for yourself. This is definitely not one of those films for everyone. That being said, I feel that if you have a special place in your heart for films like Lost Highway, then you might want to give this one a chance. They're not in the same ballpark, but might be played in the same city if you catch my drift.