Uneven but beautifully crafted study of the modern malaise of trying to connect. Not all the scenarios ring true but they are skillfully entwined with an affecting score.
Sabine Azéma, Lambert Wilson, André Dussollier
Sophie is Thierry's sister and roommate; she spends most of her time trying to find a boyfriend. Thierry is a real estate agent who shows Nicole several apartments. Nicole is looking for a three-bedro...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 7, 2007
Stats: 268 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (268)
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April 3, 2008
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February 13, 2008
When you think of French cinema, you think of Truffaut's The 400 Blows, Godard's Breathless, Renoir's The Rules of the Game or The Grand Illusion and of course... Resnais' Hiroshima mon amour. Hard to believe, but that was almost half-century ag...( read more)
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July 21, 2008
I felt unattached from what should have been a touching and moving drama theatrical piece. Was the title intended to be Curse?
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September 17, 2007
Middle-aged cast sorts out relationship problems so convincing, it's a bore.
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June 27, 2009
It was alright. Not particularly moving, entertaining, intriguing, or profound in anyway, but I wasn't bored. However, I read that this was supposed to be a comedy, but I laughed only at the first scene where Thierry finds the porn on the end of the religious tape Charlotte lent ...( read more)
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June 5, 2009
26th Int. Istanbul Film Festival
Wild Grass was not added yet. I hope , one day, they will do it. Jury at Cannes called AR. He staged to speak. He was really funny with his black suit and tie, but red shirt. 87 years of old guy seemed to me too young.
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January 25, 2009
LETTERBOX. Muy teatral y expositiva, pero bien estilizada y actuada. / Too theatrical and expository, but well stylized and acted.
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January 18, 2009
Plutôt dramatique pour une comédie.. Les personnages plutôt monotones sont à travers des histoires qui sont peu ou pas intéressantes et si certaines idées se laissent savourer par moment, elles s'égarent et s'étirent dans un film qui est certes trop long malgré les bonnes interpr...( read more)
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December 8, 2008
it's rather disappointing for a resnais film. or maybe i'm just a bit slow with deciphering hidden meanings within the film. or whatever. it was ok, but i really didn't know what to make of it after i've seen it.
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It's a Parisian romantic roundelay with sundry couples connecting and disconnecting, but it looks and sounds like no sex comedy ever made: It's transcendentally yummy. full review
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