Maybe the most impressive thing about Olivier Assayas’
Personal Shopper is that like half the movie takes place via
text message and it didn’t annoy the living shit out of me. Seriously, we
probably spend more time reading words on Kristen Stewart’s cell phone, as her
character communicates with an unknown stalker, than we do listening to her
speak. Yet somehow the result is tense and atmospheric instead of straight up
obnoxious.
