"Trouble Every Day" is a pretty snazzy hybrid of Claire Denis' usual brand of sensuous realism and dashes of the French extremity that would be a big part of 2000s horror. It has Beatrice Dalle as a seductive cannibal, Vincent Gallo as a sort of contorted Van Helsing (with a penchant for sniffing commuters), and Alex Descas as Dalle's caretaker-husband. That's just me trying to place the film into familiar boxes, of course. Really, "Trouble Every Day" is more esoteric; not really fit for deconstruction (although you can at least decipher the themes of loneliness and isolation). It's not quite turn-your-brain-off stuff but it's definitely better consumed as a tonal experience enhanced by its moments of stark violence and visual fluorishes. Personally, I could have done without the third act's shift to Gallo-centrism and the disposal of Dalle and Descas that comes with it, but I can't be too mad since even that portion of the film ain't bad. The movie is actually pretty funny at times too.
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