Oh honey, you did not make Belle du Jour

You're underestimating them if you think they're just saying "the craziest thing they can think of".

At last.

He's playing him because he's the Vatican confessor.

The Church doesn't need Satan to destroy itself.

He's playing him because he's the Vatican's confessor. Theoretically he would know everyone's secrets.

They were competent presidents, that's why.

Putting 2 and 2 together would mean still having a viable career, not necessarily sex abuse. Isn't that obvious?

You're about 30 years late.

He made a Lolita that could get past the censors, and did.
The spirit of the novel is certainly intact. Compare to the Lyne travesty, which has all the plot of the novel and none of its intention.

The Vidocq influence is pretty obvious, seeing that Holmes uses scientific method and reason to solve his crimes.

He was also an inspiration for Balzac's Jacques Collin, but who's counting?

They are totally lazy. A parody of Gray Gardens? Why?

A series of lazy parodies of famous documentaries gets an A+?

So basically it's "better" thanks to the character development done in previous installments. Okay.

He was singlehandedly responsible for the death of the indie Hollywood that had thrived during the 70s, but somehow was still employable. Kudos.

That's pretty much all an AZ film ever amounts to.

But he was a feminist!

It's also one of the few of his that's actually watchable.

The 60s happened.