A cliche happy ending holywood movie about love and relationships. what would be the message of the movie: established societal institutions are against the happiness and must be destroyed? unhappy mariages exist and even kids are bad byproducts of these processes? Bury your love in the cement of a building to impress the audiences about the frozen love? A child toy box should be carried through all the life to be happy?A happy ending is the one that you get older together?A true love affair is like a vey old and big oak tree?if you think that all of these are familiar from the holywood cliches, than lets call the cat the cat and name this movie a bad holywood imitation.To me this is a movie from the era when the french movie was shocked was in the transition at the beginning of the milennium.
... View MoreJulien and Sophie could be the perfect couple, if only they could figure out how to express their true feelings.These two tend to have no regard for anyone but themselves, they are dirty, crazy, and wonderful. The characters in this movie are unique, but their unfortunate situations are not. As children, the relationship they develop is as innocent as the "game" they play. Truth or dare. The film illustrates how the events from their childhood continue to affect their lives into adulthood. They are always at odds with the attraction that they have for one another. This leads them to the psychopathic tendencies which makes this movie intriguing, interesting, and without a doubt, one of my favorites.
... View MoreThere is too much to say!First of all,the masters of the filmmaking industry are the Americans,but the French left their footprints.The French have made many good films,but this is one of their best.The script was strong but the marketing was not enough to attract the attention of people worldwide and be a commercial success.Such a pity.The performances by the main protagonists were also good.I am pretty surprised that the film focused very much on the lives of the protagonists and did not show much of landscapes/attractions e.g Eiffel Tower,Paris,which showed that French people had a good potential in the filmmaking industry.I loved how plot was handled by this game called "Game" and how it deeply marked the lives of the characters.I really liked the fact that they showed two alternate endings(personally I preferred the first one with the couple getting immersed into the cement)instead of using the "american" technique of showing the one ending in the movie and cutting the other one which usually can be watched in DVD's extras.It is democratic because the viewer is given the option of choosing an end,thing that leads to his own personal satisfaction.
... View More"Wickedly" is really the best word to describe it. Not being a regular french movie fan, I decided to give it a try with this one, mostly because of the story (because cast, producer, etc were mostly unknown to me)and it's classification here. I have to say I was very surprised, but I can't say whether if it was in a good or a bad way. If you like good romances, not the usual romantic comedies, but different, brand new romances, this movie is great. I'm one of those people, so in a way this movie pleased me very much. On the other hand you can count with a very crazy story, in which some parts you will find yourself thinking "Are they seriously?!?". But it is fiction, so we can't be surprised with an amount of what can be considered insanity for some of us. In another way, and for those who aren't so septic, I guess it will make perfect sense, because the story will reveal as crazy as love can be, and if it is in the name of love I guess we can allow ourselves more tolerancy. Overall it's a story being told, there's an order for things and it's not hard to keep up. It has some sweet parts that remind me an innocent childhood and it also retreats the problem of stubbornness. If you're looking for a romance and you like to ear french I think it's very worth seeing.
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