tmeyer

I'm a big Binoche fan but could not have been more disappointed with this film. There is little or no justification given for the demonization of Martin's father and the flat, bland relationship between Alice & Martin leaves one wondering why they'd stay together in the first place. Sure, Techine wants us to think Martin's father was a harsh on his illegitimate son but there's little or no supporting evidence. Standing in the rain, big deal. Punishing him for pretending to be sick. Ho hum. This reminded me of Bresson's "The Devil, Probably" as I really didn't give a damn about any of the characters or why they were in such supposed anguish. Speaking of anguish, you would think Martin's mother would have felt a little remorse about the consequences of her fateful decision (after all, Martin was happy w/ her and didn't want to go) but she didn't seem care about him anyways. In the end, I didn't either.

This has to be one of the worst films I've seen in a long,long time. The contrived, overwrought dialog had me laughing and disgusted at the same time. Chloe Sevigny is so affectless it's like she was hypnotized throughout the whole film. Kate Beckinsale was awful, as was every male character in the film. The one line I did agree with was "Disco sucks!"