Sunday cinema: Anything For Her

The last couple of weeks have been one of those rare occasions during the year when nothing at the cinema has grabbed me. But spurred on by Mark Kermode's enthusiastic words while on Five Live about this French film I decided to return to my usual Sunday afternoon haunt: The cinema.
Now as a rule I don't listen or read reviews before seeing a film but I didn't really know much about this and it was talked about amidst reviews for a bunch of films I had no intention of seeing. And I'm glad I listened because it is a neat and entertaining film.
The story is of a young family ripped apart when the wife and mother, Lisa - played wonderfully by Diane Kruger proving she's not just a pretty face - is arrested and convicted of murder. Her husband, school teacher Julien, (Vincent Lindon) unable to bear watching her grow suicidal in prison and with no legal means left to free her decides to take matters into his own hands and break her out.
The more he investigates this undertaking, the more impossible it appears and having risked everything, by the end of the film you are on the edge of your seat willing him overcome the terrible odds and succeed.
It definitely stands alongside Tell No One as great French cinema of recent years.
Other reviews:
Guardian
Telegraph
Time Out