Who Killed Bambi?
Seen it?2003 | 126 min | Thriller
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With almost no lasting buzz and middling reviews (43% on Rotten Tomatoes), it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Right up the alley of anyone who likes life-or-death stakes every episode and anyone who loves trying to stay one step ahead. Life-and-death stakes, often at a run.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 2 hr 6 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Not ideal if you just want to unwind.
Isabelle, a beautiful nursing student, is starting her internship at a prestigious hospital. She meets Dr. Philip there, feels atracted to him from the beggining and starts suffering from strange fainting; so he calls her Bambi: her legs don't support her. Patients mysteriously start to dissappear from their rooms; so Bambi and Dr. Philip start a cat vs. mouse paranoid game, in order to catch the probable killer.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
43% on Rotten Tomatoes, 47 on Metacritic
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsBelow par
0 wins and 2 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$973K worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 4K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Gilles Marchand
- Laurent LucasDr. Philipp
- Sophie QuintonIsabelle
- Catherine JacobVéronique
- Yasmine BelmadiSami
- Michèle MorettiMadame Vachon
- Valérie DonzelliNathalie
- Jean-Claude Jay
- Aladin ReibelBlond Anaesthetist
- Lisan HuynhAsian Patient
- Thierry Bosc