My Sex Life... Or How I Got Into An Argument

Rating:
Summary: Oh hum...
Review: Well I guess I should apologize for loving a movie that is such a caricatural example of young French cinema's self-pitying introspection, or for the unsettling sensation this movie gives me of knowing who the characters are in real life. But nevermind, these are prejudices that the engrossing wily and literary narrative and the superb actor play brushed off very quickly. Also noted some very eerie scenes: would-be catholic vicar discussing sex and "how to beat the Protestants"; how to get rid of a dead monkey stuck behind a heater. Extremely enjoyable.

Rating:
Summary: And no sex in the whole three hours!
Review: What a disappointment! A formless first movie whose actors deserved better. Non-stop talk amongst intellectual types with all sex scenes, if there were any, edited out. Plenty of boy friend and girl friend talk but no romantic situations, and just a bit of nudity (by the actresses of course) in utterly non-sexual situations. The acting, especially by the women, was worth the couple of stars, but the hero and his friends are utterly charmless. The epiphany comes as a surprise without any rhyme or reason. The hero suddenly finishes his dissertation and voila, the girl of his dreams falls into his lap! No substitute for a good Eric Rohmer film.