Oct
24
Country: France
Genre: Romance/ Comedy/ Drama
Director: Andrzej Zulawski
Year: 2000
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
My wife is a big fan of Sophie Marceau, which explains why La Fidelite is being reviewed on this web site (I review every movie I watch).
You see, it’s a wacky French dramatic comedy, far removed from the genre flicks I usually review.
Clélia (Sophie […]
Aug
19
Country: France
Genre: Romance/ Comedy/ Drama
Director: Claude Berri
Year: 2007
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MOVIE
In a time when the middle class is disappearing throughout the world and the social safety net is increasingly being attacked, it has become increasingly difficult to create stories about friendship and romance which are hopeful and at the same time don’t insult […]
Feb
9
Country: France
Genre: Comedy/ Romance
Director: Pascal Chaumeil
Year: 2010
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
Normally, I watch French romantic comedies because I’m looking for subtlety, something that resembles real human behavior, and a respite from the usual infantile American romantic male leads. Out of luck.
In this case, my wife wanted to see Heartbreaker and she’s the boss, so there […]
Dec
15
Country: France
Genre: Suspense/ Romance
Director: Jérôme Salle
Year: 2005
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Anthony Zimmer proceeds from a classic Hitchcockian premise.
The title character launders money for the Russian mob through an ingenious scheme involving phony lawsuits with companies based in countries that are financial havens, like Bermuda. The police figure out his game but Zimmer eludes them […]