I have seen this movie in a preview during the French week of Munich universities. Thank god, I didn't have to pay for it. This is a movie which could have been shot during the late sixties, early seventies and it's is not a classic, it's dusty.
The plot is unbelievably boring, the actors do their very best to save the film from bad camera, directing and cuts. Juliette Binoche shines like a single star in an otherwise growse movie. Whoever wrote the script, he had absolutely no idea what drama or conflict is about. There is a single witty scene in this movie, when Alice tells Martin that she thought about his wooing and yes, she would like to sleep with him. He freezes, then panicly locks up the door and turns off the light before undressing her. Afterwards, he explains is behaviour with the sentence: "I wanted to do it, before you change opinion again."
You don't think it's good? Beware, it is the only good scene in the movie. You think that's good? Now you know it, you don't have to see the film.
Before I get flamed by the connoisseurs, yes I do like good French movies, but this movie surely isn't one. No I am no Hollywood fanatic, but this film deserved more of everything.
If you want to see an excellent non-Hollywood drama, which shows you what tragedy is about, try Wintersleepers by Tom Tykwer...
I warned you! 1/10 (1 for Juliette Binoche participating)
The plot is unbelievably boring, the actors do their very best to save the film from bad camera, directing and cuts. Juliette Binoche shines like a single star in an otherwise growse movie. Whoever wrote the script, he had absolutely no idea what drama or conflict is about. There is a single witty scene in this movie, when Alice tells Martin that she thought about his wooing and yes, she would like to sleep with him. He freezes, then panicly locks up the door and turns off the light before undressing her. Afterwards, he explains is behaviour with the sentence: "I wanted to do it, before you change opinion again."
You don't think it's good? Beware, it is the only good scene in the movie. You think that's good? Now you know it, you don't have to see the film.
Before I get flamed by the connoisseurs, yes I do like good French movies, but this movie surely isn't one. No I am no Hollywood fanatic, but this film deserved more of everything.
If you want to see an excellent non-Hollywood drama, which shows you what tragedy is about, try Wintersleepers by Tom Tykwer...
I warned you! 1/10 (1 for Juliette Binoche participating)