Her performance is often highlighted as surprisingly strong, capturing the classic seductive and dangerous nature of the archetype [10, 18, 21].
The film opens with a nearly wordless, 15-minute jewel heist at the Cannes Film Festival, set to a modern riff on Ravel's Boléro by Ryuichi Sakamoto [3, 6, 22].
Plays a paparazzo who becomes obsessed with Romijn's character, providing a "sassy" and energetic counterpart to her calculated role [1, 8, 19].
Critics often point out that the plot makes little narrative sense and relies on heavy coincidences [3, 12, 24].
