Rating: Summary: Love is a bed of roses: Not! Review: The opening credits and the first half of this French film lead us to believe that wea re in for a bit of fluff, French style. The wonders of love/exhilaration/infatuation/madness...aha....the movie bifurcates! Audrey Tautou is a terrific screen presence as a gifted young artist and her wholly committed love for a cardiologist well-paced by Samuel Le Bihan is a joy to watch. At the peak of a love affair the movie rewinds to give us the other viewpoint of the story. At this point the bed of roses approach becomes very dark and while the film is still excellent, it is not at all what the promos would suggest. Worth a watch in your home. The DVD is a good one.
Rating: Summary: If you have insomnia, do not see the film late hours Review: The peformance of the leading actors is excellent and very dramatic. Several times I felt as need to scream "Call to police, she is stacking you..." for no avail........ But this is the true situation I guess when people do not see and not aware what they are doing until too late..... Impulses are everywhere and you feel sorry for the character involved. If you want ot learn how to be observant in life and watch out for the ramifications .. please see this movie. Also it is very well shot and the actors perform beautifully . Recomended for the very sensetive but well paranoid minds.......
Rating: Summary: Chillingly Enchanting Review: The winsome, delightful Audrey Tatou, who reminds this viewer so much of her namesake Audrey Hepburn in her youth, gives a brilliant performance as a young French art student besotted with a much-older, married cardiologist.
Is there something just a tad off, just a tad dangerous about Angelique's obsession with her lover? Is something just not right? The viewer begins to wonder as Angelique's passionate affair begins to appear more and more one-sided. Has Loic (the cardiologist) dumped her? Is he tired of her? And what of his pregnant wife?
The answers to these questions come in a twist as clever and well-directed as it comes--a complete surprise as the second half of the film takes on a whole new tone. Tatou can say more with one lift of an eyebrow than most actresses can say in a paragraph--even WITH subtitles. I loved this film; I thought it was different, entrancing and well worth watching. Definitely an A-plus!
Rating: Summary: Chilling! Review: There are people in this world who can fool just about anyone. That is what stands out from this film. It took the Dr. quite some time to discover who was tormenting him, her friend never caught on, and at the end, she won. One always hears of mentally sick people not taking their medicine . . . the physicians who expect that the medicine will be taken should be locked up. They are professionals and should not be fooled. A very good movie, which is credible and is terrible in what it has to say.
Rating: Summary: Tautou = Hepturn? Review: This is a psyco movie. Haven't seen such kind of "twisted" movie. The stories from both sides like the zippers that tie prefectly. Tautou has shown her innocent in the first half but psyco in the second part. A typical French movie will end after the first part to let you to think about the relationship of the character, the background.Many critics or reviewers compare Audrey Tautou to Audrey Hepturn. It is unfair to them. They are so different! If I had to point out some common point, I can only say that they provide happiness to people. Hepturn was a princess, she shown people what is elegant, beautiful and is everybody's dream girl. Tautou is different, she is innocent, cutie, and likes an angel from heaven to make people happy. I would not think of Tautou as my dream girl, would you?
Rating: Summary: Great Foreign Film With A Twist Review: This little gem of a movie is unexpectedly wonderful. It seems like a beautiful French love story at first and twists into something quite different.....But I won't give it all away. Audrey Tautou is perfect as the young student who falls in love with an attractive Doctor. Her innocence sucks you in and she is absolutely believable as a youthful exuberant woman in love. But beauty is what it is and sometimes it is what it isn't, be prepared to be taken on a surprising ride. Sometimes love takes on new meaning, especially for the young and easily influenced. This film is artfully directed with beautiful colors surrounding the scenes. It is all things French.....and highly recommended!
Rating: Summary: love diabolique Review: This movie opened a perspective on the power of love which is both refreshing and terrifying. What you assumed about a relationship between 2 people is merely skin deep. I loved the way the story unfolded. The audience is brought into a comfort zone, awaiting for the 'cinderella feeling' to once again fill their senses as the movie opens in what seems like a typical romantic style. Little do they know that after 30-45 min of romantic bliss, this cleverly directed movie will unfurl into a psychotic thriller that is truly distrubing and frightening.
Rating: Summary: Totally Unexpected Review: This movie was not at all what I expected and that is a good thing. I was expecting a run-of-the-mill romantic comedy and that is not what you will get from this movie at all. I don't want to spoil the story for anyone. Be forewarned that other reviews do tell the whole story, so if you want to be surprised be careful which ones you read.
This story relies more on convicing acting than dialog, so the subtitles aren't overwhelming and are well translated. Audrei Tatou and her co-stars are all excellent in their roles and the movie is visually very well made.
I would recommend this to anyone who likes movies with a twist. This movie is very accessible to non-French speakers because there aren't very many subtitles and the dialog isn't particularly complex. I watched this movie with my 30-year old husband, my 50-year old mother and my 15-year old sister and we all enjoyed it, so this movie good for a wide range of audiences.
Rating: Summary: I love it, I love it NOT Review: This movie was terrible!! My roomate and I rented it because we enjoyed the quirkiness of Amelie and of course we loved the actress, but this movie was awful! To be completely honest, I am only going to recommend this movie to people who I do not like. It was a waste of my time, although I am glad I went ahead and watched it so that I can warn anyone else from ever renting it or buying it. He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not was a psychotic movie with a crazy plot and you shouldn't see it unless you want to torture yourself for over 1 1/2 hours! Although...If you want to have a movie to really laugh your ass off at...this is probably the one.
Rating: Summary: Wonderful movie watching experience Review: This was such an unexpected treat. I highy recommend you watch it at least twice.
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