Good story, Not enough for a whole film

The first must-see film of the year.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

One word - tedious. tedious, tedious, tedious, tedious, tedious......

Personal ShopperA smarter intake on capturing the mourning process that follows a mythical path which not only is intriguing but thought-provoking and layered concept. The writing is gripping and poetic and doesn't grow cheesy or corny (which it could have been easily considering the wider concept it possess) instead grows mature and stays true to its tone throughout the course of it. Even though the concept is deep and finely detailed, the makers narrow down the priorities and keeps it simple rather than overcooking it. Olivier Assayas; the writer-director, has done a marvellous work on executing this character driven feature (such features can easily be exhausting if not taken care of) with the help of amazing cinematography and rich costume design. The background score and the editing could have been a lot better. Kirsten Stewart is a revolution and the game changer in this feature (she carries it all on her shoulder) as it is one of her finest performance up till now. The sound effects aren't scary to that extent but then contradict to its genre, the feature doesn't spend its time on projecting the high pitched tense sequences that are usually all hoax in such features. Personal Shopper is brutally dark and inedible on terms of the trajectory it follows but if up for it, is definitely worth shopping.

Kristien Stewart easily gives her best performance in this film, she nails melancholy and grief. There is some irritatingly long sequences where conversations are held over iMessage, you need to concentrate on them or the story will move on without you. They film sticks with those messages, it was tiresome and ultimately brought the film down along with some odd editing choices that I found disjointed and removing. Interesting study on grief along with a unique story and a earned performance.

...even the sight of Kristin "Twilight" Stewart in a faux-bondage corset (with and without brassiere) is not enough to motivate me to ever watch this Parisian travelo---sorry, I mean ghas---er, I mean ghostly (yeah, that's it, ghostly) soporific---I mean mystery, yeah, mystery---again. Others have summarized the plot, others have critiqued Ms. Stewart's acting, others have delineated the nods to media distancing, moped riding, and cigarettes. I'm just stepping in here to let you know that you really needn't waste your time, unless it's for that brief peep at Stewart in her scanties and that kinky black corset. Horror movie? Spare me. The only horror is that large amounts of resources and human capital went into this technically accomplished yet horrendously un-involving character study. Ms. Stewart's studious performance simply can't recommend a dreary, unsympathetic character to my attention. She and writer/director Olivier "Clean" Assayas should have called it a day with "Clouds of Sils Maria." At least then they had Juliette Binoche in the mix.