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Really nice movie centered around the question of what is love and what is...something else.
Especially relevant in a story with many different kind of loves.
It's more subtle than it looks.
Some characters would be dull caricatures if they were played by less capable actors.

A very good surprise.
Solid Sci-fi with things to say and good performances.
But this trend of the bad Guy being more or less a Trump parody is already growing old.

Probably the worst movie I have ever seen Audrey Hepburn in.

I think that it is the first time I have watched this as an adulte and all the talk about inbreeding and mental illnesses in the family shines a different Light on the story.
Not a good one, of course, but a different one.

Finally managed to watch it !
It's a tender look at healing, a poetic journey through the storm.
Jaoui is breathtakingly good.

Very cute !
Those fantaisy stories are MADE to be animated.
It is better for the fights, for the surrounding world, for the fantastic creatures and for the story that rest on all that.
More of this and less half-baked TV shows that cannot possibly be a worthy adaptation.

The beginning will make you want to move to the country and open a farm.
The middle will make you lose faith in humanity.
The ending will break your heart.

I absolutely recommend.

What it lacks in fashion it makes up for in iconic gay messiness.
I get that it won't be enough for everybody but it was for me.
It doesn't hurt that the cast is filled with who are physically incapable of a bad performance.

Bitter-sweet in the best way.
Give her all the statues.

Unlike the movies I usually watch but It won me over.
I love what they did with Lily-Rose Depp's character, making her a bigger part of the story works wonderfully well and gives new life to a story that has already been told.

As far as biopics go, this is a pretty strong one.
It will make you want to listen to opera and regret not being alive to watch Maria Callas play Ana Bolena on stage.
It is beautiful and tragic, the angle they picked is fascinating.
Kodi Smit-Mhee makes for a surprisingly good Angel of death.
Jolie is good, she acts with her entire body and brings the drama but she struggles to embody a 53 year old woman.
And it's a bit of a shame.

Daroussin est très émouvant.
Ariane Ascaride est fascinante, à chaque sourire elle illumine l'écran.
Je n'ai pas vu le soleil depuis 2 mois, ça m'a fait du bien de voir le Sud.
J'aime bien voir Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet en amoureux depuis les chansons d'amour.

J'aime ce cinéma en général et j'ai apprécié ce film même si j'en vois les défauts et les limites.

I know I'm biased because I'm a slut for a Greek Myth but why is this better than half of the best picture nominees ?

Bodies are filmed like they are statues from ancient Greece.
The way the original story is used to discuss war and PTSD is brilliant.
Both Binoche and Fiennes are wonderful in this.
Yeah, her accent may not be the best but to be fair, Penelope has 0 reasons to speak like she is from the UK so I do NOT care.
He is far better in this than in Conclave.

It is truly a remarkable movie even if it's a story that has been told for centuries.

Watched this in very bad conditions and it still looked beautiful.
It's tender without being soppy, filled with light and a wonderful sense of completion.
Very strong movie

Let your goth friend show you that movie. It will make them happy.
Also, it's all kind of great.

Not the most Almodovar movie but that being said it spoke to me in a dozen different ways.
It's a movie about care much more than it is about death, care for those who go and care for those who remain.
Swinton should get a nom for this at some point, she probably won't because of the timing but it's still worth saying.
It's a very precious movie.

It's really neat that they found a way to include the original cast.

Lovely political satire about the complete uselessness of our leaders it is smart about symbolism and plays very well with the line between the real and fictional aspects of his characters.
It's also very refreshing to have a canadian point of view

What level of brainwashed capitalism have you reached when your reaction to your boyfriend cheating on you with your boss is to go to said boss and mumble about the corporate ladder ?

Oddly devoid of ion and considering the non-stop stream of scandals of the last years it also lack guts to go far enough.

I love Banderas with all my heart but he is miscast in this, Dickinson, on the other hand, is great. He found the precise place where a complete dickhead and a man that gets under your skin meets.

Muuuuuuch better than I expected it to be. I'm much more sold on action star Paul Mescal than I thought I would be.

Yes, the movie has its shortcoming and is better envoyed by turning your brains off and looking at the pretty men in skirts but it is not a bad movie

Odd movie that hints at greatness and a bigger than life story but has very little interest in showing either.
It spends all its time giving you a long list of the famous men she met like a sad buzfeed article.
You will not see her survive two wars and turn her theater into an hospital, but you will see her pettily attack the looks of other actresses.
You will not see her art but you will see her being mean to her domestics.
You will not see her act but you will see her abuse her co-stars.
You will not see her tour the world, but you will see her unable to walk without help.
You will not see adoring crowds but you will see antisemitics attacks against her.
You will not see her courted by a prince, but you will see her publicly begging her lover on her knees.

You will see her man and her pain ad nauseam as it they mattered so much more than everything else.
There's something rather small about this movie.

This movie is more about creating an atmosphere, showing you a world than it is about telling a straightforward story.
It reminded me a lot of the place I grew up in and how unfair those places can be.

Kiran Culkin was a spectacularly good choice for that part.
I love the way that movie takes 2 people who started from a very similar place and shows us how they evolved differently.
I love how their strenghts and weaknesses mirror one another.
I love that they did not go for the easy ending and that they are cousins and not brothers.
But it feels like the movie is sometimes bitting more than it can chew, dropping the ball on several characters.
Still, well worth your time.

I need to watch more spanish zombie movies.
The change of perspective is very refreshing

A good story over all but I feel like the last third is a bit weaker than the rest of the movie.
It feels like they did not have the special effects budget to full realize what they wanted

I was rooting for you !
We were all rooting for you !
And then... the wigs were bad, the sound was shaky, the leading man was getting outshined constantly.
It's still a lovely movie that will leave you with a smile on you face but it is not quite what it wants to be.

Clara Luciani is great on film and hope that she perseveres, Laura Felpin was surprisingly moving.

I was surprised by how poor the animation was, the story is not particularly strong either.
It's a big disappointment.

It gets better every time you watch it.

Lovely !

Vastly better than I thought it would be !
It's good fun if you don’t think too much about it.
They have Juno Temple and Hardy is still not a bad actor.

An origin story does not need 17 vilains and 13 exotic locations.
It needs a solid story.
As long as Marvel keeps forgetting that, we will keep getting bloated monstrosities like this.
And it's a shame because there are good elements in that movie.

Ps : 110 millions ?!? Maybe it was just a money laundering thing...

Music as a bridge between people.
It's a wonderful theme helped here by a great cast and a very strong song selection.
I was afraid that it would be too melodramatic but the movie manages to play a delicate balancing act between reality (which, lest we forget SUCKS) and movie magic where everything can happen.

complacent

24 years old DiCaprio might not be the best actor to have played Louis the XIV but he might very well be the most beautiful.
This is a lovely movie with everything you expect from that genre.
Intrigues left right and center and secrets within secrets, it has a fascinating premise.

I don't quite understand why they felt the need to end on such a barefaced lie " brought his people food, prosperity and peace "
No, that's not the truth Ellen.

one star for bratty Louis the XIV
one star for baby Kim Cattrall
but it did not work for me.

A bit of an odd movie
The goofy vibe from the first movie is still there and some characters go from ditzy to borderline lobotomized but in the middle of all the chaos you have Faye Dunaway serving drama, death, corruption and murder.
The comedy angle does not work as well here.

A deeply unserious movie.
It IS fascinating to see Dumas' story turned into a screwball comedy where everybody is more or less ditzy.
Especially because the sets are gorgeous, the costumes inspired and the cast, certainly capable.
They had all the elements and chose to go full comedy.
A refreshing take.

Funny and completely chaotic, it holds up surprisingly well.
Kelly looks like a god and moves like an angel, the part makes good use of his athletism.
Turner is spectacular as Milady even if she is robbed of her death scene.
The movie's biggest fault to me was that the puritanism of the Code simply does not fit Dumas' story.
The bloodless fights to the death and fully clothed scenes of ion were a very odd choice.

A bit of a let down, the plot is bloated and main characters are wasted on the sidelines but Eva Green shines and the ending was lovely.

Bone-chilling, the structure is unorthodox but it worked for me.
I have a co-worker who looks kind of like the killer except his hair isn't as nice and I am now SCARED !

Weirdly horny for a Christmas movie but as a Schitt's Creek fan I'm always happy to see Dustin Milligan... even with that haircut.

Deeply depressing.
It's certainly a good movie but it's one that depressed me.
The illusions and naivete of children who are raised by reality TV and seek love in all the wrong places.

90's nostalgia done the right way.
It is moving and tragic and hopeful all at once, carried by a very solid cast.
Alain Chabat was particularly sweet as a single father.
Adèle Exarchopoulos is as sincere and raw as always.

As beautiful as the letters are the movie needed more structure because its story is chaotic
It's a shame because casting Karin Viard and Ana Girardot as a mother and daughter was a very good idea.

Lovely movie about farewells and enjoying the things we have whilst they are still here.
I expected to see Aubrey Plaza in more scenes but was still very happy with what I got.

After man vs bear, this is man vs bull.
And well...

This movie melts a revenge thriller, a fantaisy movie and adds a zest of western and horror.
It's a very solid mix.
It takes full advantage of the natural and cultural beauty of Camargue.
Despite its flaws (special effects) it is gutsy and moving and very original.
I loved it

It's funny cause it's true !
But in a disturbingly dark way

A tad ridiculous but saved by a VERY stong ending !

The oddest and sweetest of meetings.
Romain Duris is well on its way to become everybody's favourite movie dad.
I do think that it is a shame that we do not get to hear more of Lily's point of view.
But it is a lovely movie

I doesn't have the hypnotic quality or the depth of the movie.
But it's still very nice to be back.

A few movies and TV shows that deserve more attentions for those who have an interest in french films.

• Delicious
• Into the World
• The Velvet Queen
• Someone, Somewhere
• Rise
• L'Allée du roi
• Chinese Puzzle
• Russian Dolls
• The Villain
• Le créateur

...plus 19 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.