To Elle and Back: Reviewing the reviewers
- Written by Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics, Centre For Applied Philosophy & Public Ethics (CAPPE), Charles Sturt University

How are we to understand the rapturous reception leading film critics have given to Paul Verhoeven’s “rape comedy” Elle? The bad boy director, they tell us, “dares us to judge”, “explodes conventions”, “pushes buttons” and “subverts myths”. The judgement,...