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A Private Life
Directed by
Rebecca Zlotowski
R
2026
1h 48m
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6.0
81%
66%
5.7
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The renowned psychiatrist Lilian Steiner mounts a private investigation into the death of one of her patients, whom she is convinced has been murdered.
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Cast of A Private Life
Jodie Foster
Lilian Steiner
Daniel Auteuil
Gabriel Haddad
Virginie Efira
Paula Cohen-Solal
Mathieu Amalric
Simon Cohen-Solal
Vincent Lacoste
Julien Haddad-Park
Luàna Bajrami
Valérie Cohen-Solal
Noam Morgensztern
Pierre Hallant, smoking patient
Sophie Guillemin
Jessica Grangé, hypnotist
Frederick Wiseman
Dr. Goldstein
Aurore Clément
Perle Friedman
Irène Jacob
Vera
Park Ji-min
Vanessa Park
Jean Chevalier
Cameron
Emma Ravier
Paula (20 years)
Scott Agnesi Delapierre
The neighbor
Lucas Bleger
Jacky Tiffou, vigil man
Jérôme Lenôtre
Man on the bus
Marlise Bété
Infirmière en cheffe
Marin Judas
Officier de police
Abdoul Bamba
Officier de police
A Private Life Ratings & Reviews
San Jose Mercury News
Randy Myers
Jodie Foster works magic like that onscreen and presents us with one of the most fully developed, certainly fascinating characters you will likely encounter this year in director/ co-screenwriter Rebecca Zlotowski's French noirish black comedy.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
A Private Life is a murder mystery only on its surface; at its heart, it's an exploration of a lonely woman's extremely active mind, and an unexpectedly moving story of becoming more present in one's real life, rather than one's imaginary one.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
In America, it might be called a mess, and at times this movie sags. But overall, there's something about it that holds interest. "A Private Life" is an odd ramble that eventually arrives somewhere.
Boston Globe
Odie Henderson
Foster and the rest of the cast are so good, I almost want to recommend that you go just for their performances. After all, it's the journey, not the destination, that counts. That is, unless you're making a murder mystery.
Washington Post
Naveen Kumar
"A Private Life" pokes fun at the idea that the subconscious can be concretely interpreted, and intervened upon, for a fee that adds up to a middle-class life.
Salon.com
Coleman Spilde
Once one gets past the initial shock, awe and envy of seeing Foster in her first French-speaking leading role, it's easy to be swept away by the veteran actor's exquisite, fluent mastery of the language.
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
Foster gives a taut performance despite the unstrung absurdities of the plot. The story is anchored in Paris's Jewish community, but the context remains anecdotal and unexplored.
AARP Movies for Grownups
Thelma Adams
Auteuil and Foster have mad exes-turned-lovers chemistry as, together, they pursue the murderer while producing a delicious and cerebral mystery that doesn't need big explosions to have a big emotional impact.
The Travers Take
Peter Travers
Jodie Foster speaks French with elan, but even her indisputable star power and fun bond with costar Daniel Auteuil can't keep this frothy bauble aloft.
Los Angeles Times
Robert Abele
It also leaves one realizing that "A Private Life," despite the commanding leading lady holding its center, is a bit mixed up by design.
RogerEbert.com
Peyton Robinson
Despite an overall unsatisfying resolution to these inquiries, the ideas that the film prompts, coupled with Foster's nuanced performance, make for a compelling enough character study.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
Zlotowski's frisky handling of the material is difficult to resist, as are many of the romantic and comedic interludes that are liberally sprinkled throughout the proceedings. A Private Life is a lot of fun to watch.
New York Times
Manohla Dargis
The intrigue is far-fetched and surprising - this is one movie you can't write in your head - and delivered with increasing winks and charm.
The Reveal
Keith Phipps
Zlotowski understands that the real appeal of most mystery movies comes from the characters and the setting more than the plot, but A Private Life's not-quite-fatal flaw is how little effort it puts into its plot's central element,
Associated Press
Lindsey Bahr
Anchoring it all is Foster, using the full force of her star power and impeccable French to make A Private Life, unwieldy and complex as it is, go down as easy as a glass of gamay.
AV Club
Tim Grierson
It's an unwieldy mix, but Foster's quiet, observant character forms its strong center. She keeps you wondering what Lilian is thinking when she's not talking.
TheWrap
Ben Croll
Though certain tonal leaps don't always land, the film still offers plenty of fun, especially when centering around two exes more interested in each other than the case at hand.
Slant Magazine
David Robb
The film's brisk pace does partly compensate for the essential banality of the central investigation.
Wall Street Journal
Kyle Smith
Larkish if not particularly deep, the movie features an attractive rapport between the two leads.
Autostraddle
Drew Gregory
There's a lightness to Zlotowski's work, even when dealing with suicide and murder, its depth and devastation hidden in only a couple lines of dialogue or a single frame.
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