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Summary: VIEW IT IN FRENCH IF YOU CAN
Review: Third adventure of DOINEL,TRUFFAUT's semi-autobiographical character after THE FOUR HUNDRED BLOWS and ANTOINE AND COLETTE(not a full film).ANTOINE now a young man discovers love in the presence of a mature woman(DELPHINE SEYRIG)and then with a girl of his age(CLAUDE JADE).Not one of the director's best movie,it contains nevertheless many priceless moments like the scene that has ANTOINE testing his image in a mirror and saying the name FABIENNE TABARD(mesure your degree of tolerance with that scene)The film makes good use of CHARLES TRENET's song QUE RESTE-T-IL DE NOS AMOURS?The charms of many vignettes actually surpasses the coherence of the whole.Fans of the director have head start here.
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Summary: Charming romantic comedy that really is funny
Review: This is a delightful Truffaut movie starring Jean-Pierre Leaud who played Antoine Doinel, the running boy in Truffaut's famous Les Quatre cents coup (1959). He's a young man now just discharged from the army bouncing from one temporary job to another, from being a night watchman to being a TV repairman. He gets into scrapes and gets fired, but presses on (in-between impulsive liaisons with ladies of the evening).He gets his big chance when he lucks into a job with a private detective agency. After some mishaps he is called upon to take a job (within a job, as it were) at a shoe store to find out why the owner is not liked. There he meets the owner's wife, Fabienne Tabard, played by Delphine Seyrig (Last Year at Marienbad 1961; The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 1972, etc.). He is immediately smitten by her. In typical French cinematic fashion it is not clear whether she is a goddess or a maternal figure for the thoroughly bewitched Antoine. Meanwhile there is Christine Darbon (Claude Jade) who plays Antoine's real love interest. What makes this film so thoroughly agreeable is Truffaut's light-hearted wit and his studious avoidance of cliche in a genre (the romantic comedy) in which cliches abound. The humor is often tongue-in-cheek, and as subtle as a diplomat's compliment. Leaud's charm and his oh so earnest style make him the perfect foil for life's little jokes. Along the way detective agencies are satirized as are its clientele, including a guy who wants his magician boyfriend tailed only to find that he is--horrors!--married, or the aforementioned shoe haberdasher who hires a private eye (not a shrink!) to find out why he is not beloved. Bottom line: see this for Francois Truffaut, whose keen sense of humanity's foibles and unique style, sometimes playful and sometimes penetrating, have made him one of cinema's greatest directors.
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Summary: Charming romantic comedy that really is funny
Review: This is a delightful Truffaut movie starring Jean-Pierre Leaud who played Antoine Doinel, the running boy in Truffaut's famous Les Quatre cents coup (1959). He's a young man now just discharged from the army bouncing from one temporary job to another, from being a night watchman to being a TV repairman. He gets into scrapes and gets fired, but presses on (in-between impulsive liaisons with ladies of the evening). He gets his big chance when he lucks into a job with a private detective agency. After some mishaps he is called upon to take a job (within a job, as it were) at a shoe store to find out why the owner is not liked. There he meets the owner's wife, Fabienne Tabard, played by Delphine Seyrig (Last Year at Marienbad 1961; The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 1972, etc.). He is immediately smitten by her. In typical French cinematic fashion it is not clear whether she is a goddess or a maternal figure for the thoroughly bewitched Antoine. Meanwhile there is Christine Darbon (Claude Jade) who plays Antoine's real love interest. What makes this film so thoroughly agreeable is Truffaut's light-hearted wit and his studious avoidance of cliche in a genre (the romantic comedy) in which cliches abound. The humor is often tongue-in-cheek, and as subtle as a diplomat's compliment. Leaud's charm and his oh so earnest style make him the perfect foil for life's little jokes. Along the way detective agencies are satirized as are its clientele, including a guy who wants his magician boyfriend tailed only to find that he is--horrors!--married, or the aforementioned shoe haberdasher who hires a private eye (not a shrink!) to find out why he is not beloved. Bottom line: see this for Francois Truffaut, whose keen sense of humanity's foibles and unique style, sometimes playful and sometimes penetrating, have made him one of cinema's greatest directors.
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Summary: Nothing Really Significant Here......
Review: To me this film has nothing REALLY important to say. It doesn't take on any existenial issues or something,in short,it's just pure entertainment. And that's fine with me! I found this film is being truly amusing and very enjoyable. Leaud is perfect in his role. Before you watch this film,keep in mind it is not of the caliber of lets say "400 blows" or "Day for Night". This is something to watch only if your in the mood for something lighthearted. So sit back and enjoy.
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Summary: Romantic comedy above all others
Review: Until seeing this movie I thought the romantic comedy genre had little if not any potential. I now realize that my opinions were based on the trite resumes of Nora Ephron and Meg Ryan. This movie is light hearted with very enjoyable characters. But if you're going to whine about the structure or some existenialist ideals I suggest you start attempting to build your own opinions rather than something that would impress your philosophy professor.
Rating:
Summary: Romantic comedy above all others
Review: Until seeing this movie I thought the romantic comedy genre had little if not any potential. I now realize that my opinions were based on the trite resumes of Nora Ephron and Meg Ryan. This movie is light hearted with very enjoyable characters. But if you're going to whine about the structure or some existenialist ideals I suggest you start attempting to build your own opinions rather than something that would impress your philosophy professor.
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