It’s often said that the worse the antagonist of a film is, especially in a revenge picture, the better the movie. Though it would appear in the effective French import "Love Crime" that quite the opposite is true. There is a decent enough baddie here to push the innocent envelope, but it’s the multi-faceted victim who provides the work that would truly be the crime to miss.

Young and naïve assistant Isabelle is a hard working up and comer who is taken under the wing of senior executive Christine. At first Isabelle is happy to learn and carry the bulk of the workload under the teaching ...