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A Couch in New York (1996)
Director: Chantal Akerman
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Akerman's most overtly commercial project yet turns out to be a comedy without humour, a romance without affection. She laboriously hauls into place all the items on the specification: wacky premise (dancer Binoche pretending to be a psychiatrist, psychiatrist Hurt pretending to be a patient), best friends to whom the plot can be confided, a big cute dog. But it never begins to come to life. Hurt looks haggard, Binoche flutters prettily, a butterfly in a graveyard. The prevailing gloom is lifted only by some imaginative art direction.Author: BBa
Cast & crew
Director: Chantal Akerman
Producer: Régine Konckier, Jean-Luc Ormières
Cast: Juliette Binoche, William Hurt, Paul Guilfoyle, Stephanie Buttle, Richard Jenkins full cast
Duration: 106 mins
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