Simple como Sylvain

In order for a film like this to work, one must try to convincingly portray academia and intelligence. These were just vapid, incredibly pretenious characters. It's so unbelievably and unconvincingly far from what I imagine to be the filmmakers objective, it's sadly laughable.

Maybe when trying to construct a narrative that works, incorporate some research into actual intelligence. Of course it helps if you have some on hand yourself if attempting such narrative. None to be found. Imposters at best, not even achieving that, at worst.

Even the love story fails miserable, no chemistry, no storyline and quite unconvincing from the start.

Who would care for even a second about this narcissistic losers? Really poor filmmaking. The French do it again. So few noteworthy films.

Loved that film! An authentic journey into Quebec culture.

Acting is great, pictures are magnificent, but the thing that got me hooked was the amount of great moments of discomfort and chaos. Made me uncomfortable but in a way I enjoyed.

*** Dont believe the bad reviews***

First, it is not a romantic comedy. While comedy is present, it is pretty dark and I would describe it more as a drama, as well as a love dilemma.

Also, I saw reviews saying it is very much based on stereotypes. While a part of that might be true, you have to remember it's still a movie so it has to be a bit polarizing. But, as quebecois that lived both in Montreal and the suburbs/coutryside, I could relate to every situation in the film and I have to say, it was very accurate.

Loved the ending too.

9/10.

No expectations there, what so ever. Went without knowing a thing about that movie, except the fact it's a Rom-Com. Well, it is one of those sophisticated and over the top romantic comedies, that want to challenge the genre, but when you look at it in retrospective, you realize you've seen the same...once again.

The two main characters are falling in a mad ridiculous love story a little bit after an exposition that shows the audience its main character Sophia, which is married to Xavier for about a decade and they seem to be bored out of their asses from marriage life. At an evening with friends, they are talking about the essence of life and it all get down hill from there.

Once Sophia meets Sylvain she realizes that she needs it - this mad and uncontrolled love, to spice up her boring life. She finds excuses within the words of famous philosophers and tells all her friends and mother, about the new thrill in her life. We all know where it is going to go on the next stages and we all know exactly that there isn't love that lasts forever with the same fire like the one in the beginning.

The Class differences and the gaps from each and every direction will bury the naïve thought of careless and endless pure beginning-love and the movie, with all its strong points, like the way it tells the story, the cinematography, the crazy chemistry between both actors on the leading roles, still remains banal and even quite boring and is stretched for at least thirty minutes too much.

The musical score is reminding something from the sixties or seventies and I took a look at my phone, to see how much time is left too many times - it is the final stamp for something that won't cross the bar. It is built well, directed great and acted good, but seems like gluing from a lot of other familiar movies with no original statement to provide to the world, except that it is from Canada.

Romance in movies can be stale, like bread left overnight. In this current age, there needs to be more appetite for experimentation in the genre. Instead, preferences range from relying on the tried and true to the outright cliché. Fortunately, in The Nature of Love, the film finds a clever way to examine the formula but does more than reshuffle the material. There is an outright examination of love as a messy, kinetic, and deeply passionate event. This romance story plays fast and loose with the comedy, imbuing a sense of drama and even out-of-the-box thinking regarding the cinematography. In addition to being anchored by two leads with simmering chemistry, The Nature of Love is a poignant story going beyond the usual story beats of a girl meets boy into a study on values, love, and life.

There's a lot of good things in Simple comme Sylvain. The chemestry between the two main actors is awesome and the tension is incredible in the first act. Christine Beaulieu is also fantastic in a perfect anticasting. Bonus points for Still Loving You being so well integrated. Sadly the direction and photography just annoyed me too much and make me loose immersion. There's a point in the film where all shots are claustrophobic, use a object to hide parts of the characters, are digitally cropped and loosw resolution or leverages a veil. There's also that annoying fast zoom that just takes me out of it. Sad because other than that it was a great movie.