There are some movies that are good but after a few days you cannot actually remember it. As I write this review I can honestly say that it has been over a year since I saw this movie and I do remember it quite vividly.
This movie, along with Before Sunrise & Before Sunset, are my top movies of the year. *I watched all three for the first time this year*.
Not sure if there are actually spoilers in here, but it's difficult to tell too much without giving something away & I don't want to get busted. I was flipping channels late one night and this stopped me short.
I've seen most of Audrey Tautou's movies and always enjoy them just because she's so special. But this movie was too "ordinary" and had too many faults for me to think highly of it.
Be careful about reading these reviews because almost anything can be a spoiler. I'll just say that the DVD cover, the movie posters, marketing and even the movie title are deceptively breezy.
Reminded of the sweet film Amélie when talking to a fellow IMDber about the Cinema Du Look movement,I felt that it was the perfect time to catch a glimpse of its lead star: Audrey Tautou.Planning to get Tautou movies on DVD,I got very lucky and stumbled on a movie of Tautou's online (with English Subs!
Love, as they say, is deadlier than hate sometimes: Love which is actually not but obsession!
An immensely likable film and the twist was a great surprise. I chanced upon this on television with no knowledge of the movie (it caught my attention because of Audrey Tautou) and I thoroughly enjoyed it all.
Basically I'm British and am not really supposed to like the French, I'm not sure why, I think it's something to do with Agincourt, Napoleon and the Eurovision Song Contest. Despite this I am frankly enamored with them because they're so much cooler than we could ever be.