Changing Times |
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[Les Temps qui changent]
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This film is sort of a let down on two levels. a) One would expect it to be sentimental and romantic based on the plot: Depardieu tracks down first love Deneuve after 30 years and tries to win her back despite everything that has changed in that time. I was prepared for that — I’m terribly girly and romantic at bottom, and loved the stars together in Le Dernier metro — & expected a guilty pleasure/personal favorite. It’s actually not terribly sentimental or overly romantic, so that was sort of a bummer. Then, b) if it’s not those things, one begins to think that perhaps there is hope it could be instead a serious and very good film. Well, it’s not that either. Rather a random, poorly motivated, oddly paced thing. The storylines (though there are perhaps too many, if you want a Depardieu/Deneuve feature) are compelling but they resolve in the most unnatural and unsatisfying ways. I was left wanting a lot more, and not in a good way. Entertaining for the most part and well-made, but a disappointment a couple times over. |
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