in 2000 and dominik moll have introduce u harry in with a friend like harry ( 2000 ) and a charismatic and mysterious character admirably act by sergi lopez who by wish michel well have manage to break his peaceful household although it be a bit on the edge on a knife . five year later and he return to the attack with the long anticipated lemming star once again laurent lucas . this time it not one person who be nasty to him but two offbeat people represent andré dussollier and charlotte rampling . there a major difference with moll previous opus represent lemming doesn not match with a friend like harry brilliance at all because it too woolly and incoherent to hold water whereas the former work be absolutely clear in it script and do not present the single mistake in it logical way of thinking . the movie promise great thing but lose steam halfway through . it get off to a good start with a chabrolian aura to let the vice of a seemingly well behave and respectable upper class couple show through . even well and moll have the capacity to create from a trite situation an ominous atmosphere which make the viewer feel uncomfortable . be there anything more trite than a dinner with one bos . but when rampling asks dussollier the following question represent be it one of your b. and a feeling of unpleasantness invades the viewer and stay inside him or her until the middle of the film . and an eerie charlotte rampling excels in a part which require ambiguity and mystery . her motivation towards lucas and her frail spouse charlotte gainsbourg remain undetermined represent do she try to put an end to their love life or isn not she prey to madness . and one could also specify that her husband as weird a her try to make life impossible to lucas . perhaps and he try to split them too . be that a it may and after this memorable evening and the movie take the way of the fantastic and one figure that we have a first class movie between one hand . the make evolutes on the razor edge and the unusual nature of the movie be slowly and softly hatch and the relationship between the character become blurred and the strangeness of the situation alarm . ala and in the middle of the course and it downhill and the attention end up dilute itself in the in and out of a convoluted and tortuous story à la david lynch and the protagonist psychological drift remove the flick all charm and all cohesion . because it want too much and lemming lose it efficiency and the whole crew lose the plot . moll work be also mar by a cosy end which take the easy way . if with a friend like harry occupy a prominent place in my favorite movie make in 2000 and lemming have a prime place in the category of the dashed hope of 2005. if you be a david lynch buff and this one have your name on it and for the others represent caution .