Over the years,there have been more than a few films where one performance overshadows the weaknesses in the story.
This is one of them.
Kristen Scott Thomas, an actress who has given many great performance is simply excellent & perhaps the main reason to see the movie.
Her performance as a woman who has spent 15 years in prison and is now reunited with her much younger sister, trying to get her life put back in order is simply one of the best.
Ms.Thomas does not have much dialog to say,She needs none, You can see all her emotions in her face & body movements.
This again proves how true Norma Desmond's line in Sunset Boulevard was'we did not need dialog,we had faces' (I may be off on the exact wordage)
I feel she missed out on another Oscar nomination.
This film was the first directorial effort of Phillpe Claudel, He also wrote the screenplay, It is also his first major writing effort.
The major problem of the movie is the screenplay, I will assume that he wrote a much longer script, & in his revisions he cut many items out.There seems to be much missing, Another possibility is that he made much longer film & edited much out.
We slowly find out what she did & why,but many things are left for us to figure out.
The acting by all the others is quite good.
It was film in the Nancy area of France & the scenery is very beautiful.
In conclusion, see the film for Kristen Scott Thomas excellent performance. Just suspend belief of the plot developments.
Ratings: *** (out of 4) 83 points(out of 100) IMBb 7 (out of 10)
This is one of them.
Kristen Scott Thomas, an actress who has given many great performance is simply excellent & perhaps the main reason to see the movie.
Her performance as a woman who has spent 15 years in prison and is now reunited with her much younger sister, trying to get her life put back in order is simply one of the best.
Ms.Thomas does not have much dialog to say,She needs none, You can see all her emotions in her face & body movements.
This again proves how true Norma Desmond's line in Sunset Boulevard was'we did not need dialog,we had faces' (I may be off on the exact wordage)
I feel she missed out on another Oscar nomination.
This film was the first directorial effort of Phillpe Claudel, He also wrote the screenplay, It is also his first major writing effort.
The major problem of the movie is the screenplay, I will assume that he wrote a much longer script, & in his revisions he cut many items out.There seems to be much missing, Another possibility is that he made much longer film & edited much out.
We slowly find out what she did & why,but many things are left for us to figure out.
The acting by all the others is quite good.
It was film in the Nancy area of France & the scenery is very beautiful.
In conclusion, see the film for Kristen Scott Thomas excellent performance. Just suspend belief of the plot developments.
Ratings: *** (out of 4) 83 points(out of 100) IMBb 7 (out of 10)