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Though I'm french, I am not a fan of french movies which I usually find boring or too intellectual ( in a pejorative way ).

This being said, I've always liked this movie, greatly because of the incredible performance of Michel Simon, undoubtedly one of the greatest french actors ever. His portrayal of Mephistopheles is delightful in every way. He leaves but little place to the other actors ( mostly Gerard Philippe the avatar of the romantic actor, playing young Faust having sold his soul to the devil ).

In an era where special effects where about non existent, Rene Clair managed to make a really witty comedy about the meaning of life.

Astonishing to see how certain movies, no matter how old they are, remain entertaining. This is definitely one of them.

A must see ! Should you like it, try Belles de Jour from Rene Clair too, another witty romantic old times french comedy. You'll be pleased.

In this movie, Robin Williams lights the screen as a comedian from a satirical politic show who runs for president and gets elected. Only problem seems to be that the new computer system used for calculating the votes had a bug.

I'm not usually a fan of Robin Williams. I've seen much of his movies from Good Morning Vietnam to nowadays and tend to find him overacting in most of his movies. But sometimes he's cast in particular movies where his comedy can just work out perfectly. This movie is one of those.

Seeing the quite mediocre rating of this movie made me think : most of the reviewers expected a very different movie and somewhat I believe they were disappointed. I found in this movie exactly what I like in movies : it's intelligent, wise and certainly has wits.

If you liked it, run for Bulworth with Warren Beaty. Both movies look alike and will make you laugh out loud for almost 2 hours of pure enchantment ( at least if you have my type of humor ).

Definitely 9* out of 10 !

As the title states, Batman Begins unfolds the reasons which pushed Bruce Wayne into becoming Batman.

I'm not a huge fan of Batman himself and though I have seen the previous attempts to render this epic on celluloid, I must admit I found all rather disappointing.

This movie made me change my mind about Batman : it rocks in every way ! From the all-leading cast including a remarkable Christian Bale and both Michael Caine and Liam Needon lighting the scene to the cinematography itself, through an excellent score, Batman Begins has earned the right to stand amongst the other few from this category in my DVD collection : X-Men and Matrix 1 & 2.

Respects to Mr Nolan who proves again ( after Memento before The Prestige ) that he has the stuff of great directors.