Appointment, The

Lawyer Sharif falls for and marries Aimée, the fiancée of a colleague. However, he soon begins to suspect that Aimée may in fact be a high-class call girl, and begins to follow her. Sharif's depiction of a man slowly ruining his life is affecting, but his performance is unfocused and doesn't do this rather long-winded film any favours. Director Lumet never seems to know quite what to do with his material. What remains is an ambitious adult film that has to be admired for its sheer oddity if not much else. Aimée is wasted.