INTIMATE STRANGERS IS A DIFFICULT FILM TO CATEGORIZE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS IT IS SO INTERESTING AND COMPELLING. IT IS A SUSPENSE -ROMANCE-PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER AND EVEN A DARK BLACK COMEDY IN MANY WAYS, ESPECIALLY ITS DELICIOUSLY SATIRICAL LOOK AT THERAPISTS AND ANALYSTS ABOUT WHOM IT TAKES A VERY SKEPTICAL VIEW. THE MOVIE IS ALSO MOST CERTAINLY A REALLY THOUGHT-PROVOKING MEDITATION ON LOVE AND LONELINESS.. A VIEWER IS QUICKLY LURED INTO ITHE FILM'S WORLD AND THE MOVIE DOESN'T LET GO. THE WORK IS OFTEN VERY REMINISCENT OF HITCHCOCK'S FILMS, RIGHT DOWN TO THE EVOCATIVE MUSICAL SCORE WHICH EVEN SEEMS TO CHANNEL HITCHCOCK'S FAVORITE COMPOSER, BERNARD HERRMANN. FABRICE LUCHINI AND SANDRINE BONNAIRE ARE WONDERFUL IN THE LEADS AND HAVE MOST OF THE SCREEN TIME AND THE STORY, BUT THERE IS EXCELLENT SUPPORT FROM A GREAT GROUP OF ACTORS. ESPECIALLY FINE IS ANNE BROCHET WHO PLAYS THE LEAD CHARACTER'S FORMER LOVER. IN A FEW BRIEF SCENES, SHE MANAGES TO CONVEY THE HURT AND DEVESTATION OF THEIR BROKEN RELATIONSHIP IN SUBTLE, VERY MOVING WAYS; AND HER FINAL SCENE WHEN SHE LOOKS BACK ONE LAST TIME AT HER LOST PARTNER AND REALIZES THEY WILL NEVER REALLY BE TOGETHER AGAIN, IS ESPECIALLY HEARTBREAKING.
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