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Amelie

Advantages: all around amazing, entertaining, well thought out
Disadvantages: nothing

I think that this is probably the best movie I have ever seen. Not only is the story completely terrific, but the filming is great as well! I love the effect put on the filming throughout the whole movie. I love the concept of this story. It reminds me that happiness in life depends on how you live your life, how to look at it, and how you try to improve, not only your own life, but others' as well. Every character in this movie is well thought out ...
...only is this a completely fulfilling and touching movie, it also has quite a bit of humour in it. I have zero bad things to say about this movie. I love everything about it, and I'm sure anyone who watches it will too. While watching this movie, it will help if you are a good reader or if you speak French, as the film is in French and unless you speak it you'll have to read subtitles. If that's not a problem for you, then I'm sure you'll adore this ...

LaLaLaLolah 11.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Amelie (DVD)

Fantastique!

Advantages: Greta humour
Disadvantages: The French audio

...easy to follow comedy called Les Visiteurs. I am now so pleased that they chose this film because I have since bought it on DVD and watched it again, having enjoyed it so much. The film as I have already mentioned has French audio but the English subtitles on my DVD version are fixed and according to my host family are very accurate although some of the humour is lost in translation a little bit. THE PLOT Count Godefroy de Montmirail has ...
...with his beloved Fenegronde's hand in marriage. On the way to claim his love however a witch's hex leaves the Knight in a hallucinogenic state and he accidentally kills Fenegronde's father. She is obviously therefore not going to marry him and so Godefroy, with the somewhat smelly and grossly uncouth vassal Jacquoville in tow, turns to a wizard who he hopes can send them back in time so he can avert the event. The wizard however is to say the least ...

MI9to5 09.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Les Visiteurs (Subtitled) (DVD)

"Sex is what people do most and admit least"

Advantages: Based on the director's own experiences.
Disadvantages: In French.

...Film after Filming a Graphic sex scene in it herself. This film is in French, but has English subtitles. However you don't really need the subtitles, to understand what is going on.! The Film is all about making an Adult movie. The "director" (Parillaud), is trying to get his head actor (Colin) and his head actress (Mesquida) to give the most realistic performance of graphic sex. But in the movie they hate each other. You can imagine how hard this ...
...is a pretty boy who thinks Mesquida is an idiot. Watching them kiss is an exercise in understated apathy. Catherine (The real Director) treats the subject with real respect for her audience's sensibilities. This film has the rare truth about Sex, where confusion gets in the way of sexiness. Parillaud (The movie Director) Has to find away to make the head Actors come together. The film is hilarous. There is nothing sexy about a man being paid ...

honestwriter 30.08.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Sex Is Comedy (DVD)

Will he ever leave?

Advantages: funny, great acting
Disadvantages: none

I watched Tanguy on DVD yesterday and I just loved it. It is definitely one of my favourite French movies. I am a huge fan of Etienne Chatillez and I just love all the films he made: La vie est un long fleuve tranquille, Tatie Danielle, Le bonheur est dans le pre (sorry I have put the French titles but I am not quite sure of the English titles). +++ The plot: Tanguy (Eric Berger) is 28 and still lives with his parents. If he is really happy with ...
...campaign, they meet a stonewall: Tanguy is a major specialist of traditional Chinese thought, and he faces everything with the self-control that a Chinese sage would envy. When Edith and Paul realise he doesn't want to move out they rent him a small studio but Tanguy start having panic attack and has to go to hospital. It gets so bad that he moves back in with his parents. His father gets really fed up with him and throws him out. Tanguy decides ...

Estelle999 23.08.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Tanguy (DVD)

Getting to Know Martha

Advantages: Martina Gedeck, Maxime Foerste, Sergio Castellitto, Nettelbeck’s script and direction.
Disadvantages: Ending just a tiny tad too facile.

At one point in ‘Mostly Martha’, the title character finds herself at her wits’ end and says to her niece, Lina, ‘I wish I had a recipe for you that I could follow.’ Unfortunately, learning how to deal with the complex psyche of Homo sapiens defies easy formulas. However, whatever recipe German director Sandra Nettelbeck used to create this lovely and bittersweet character piece, I can only wish that more filmmakers would follow her lead. The eponymous ...
...fancy restaurant in Hamburg. A reserved woman with a strict creative aesthetic and work ethic, she takes great pride in her efficiently-run kitchen. As she tells her gourmet cuisine-fed therapist, precision and timing are of paramount importance in her field of work. Martha seems to live solely for her elegant culinary creations, devoting her days off to experimenting with new dishes. She has a neat, meticulously arranged and well-appointed kitchen ...

zerbine28 27.07.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Mostly Martha (Subtitled) (DVD)