Genealogies Of A Crime is a fine rebuff to those who believe movies just aren't weird anymore. A bizarre, pedantic psychological drama that transpires like a game of Clue played by Buñuel and Hitchcock, Genealogies Of A Crime has about as much suspense as the board game and nowhere near the narrative mastery of either director. Catherine Deneuve plays a dual role: one a psychologist murdered (probably) by her nefarious nephew (Melvil Poupaud), the other the lawyer defending the nephew. The role changes are confusing enough, but the film is virtually incomprehensible thanks to its incessant psychobabble and oddball exchanges. A nature vs. nurture debate runs throughout, implying all along that Poupaud was destined for a life of crime at birth, and director Raúl Ruiz raises issues of reincarnation and retribution, as well. But the games he plays are boring. Despite the presence of quirky characters and tantalizing allusions to mysterious orgies of the mind and body, Genealogies Of A Crime is a tedious, repetitive, frustrating failure.