In 'Greta,' A Magnetic Isabelle Huppert Plays A Deadly Game of Chat-And-Mouse
A young woman (Chloë Grace Moretz) befriends a mysterious older woman (Huppert) in Neil Jordan's weird thriller. As extreme as Greta gets, Huppert "finds careful nuances within the bonkers."
It was only a matter of time before French screen legend/art-house cinema icon Isabelle Huppert, of The Piano Teacher and Elle, assayed a deliciously duplicitous, unhinged, black widow-like figure of menace for the delight of American audiences. In Neil Jordan's Greta -- as in those Michael Haneke and Paul Verhoeven films — sex, gender, and literal and metaphorical notions of bondage play key roles.
Running through Huppert's filmography is a fascination with
