Benjamin Millepied's complete reimagining of CARMEN tells a story through an experimental dreamscape featuring an original score and songs.Benjamin Millepied's complete reimagining of CARMEN tells a story through an experimental dreamscape featuring an original score and songs.Benjamin Millepied's complete reimagining of CARMEN tells a story through an experimental dreamscape featuring an original score and songs.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 7 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJamie Dornan was originally going to play Aidan, but was replaced by Paul Mescal.
- ConnectionsRemake of Carmen Jones (1954)
Featured review
I was going to call the romance at the heart of Carmen unconvincing, and hard to buy beyond the leads both being young and attractive, but then I'd have to go back and apply that criticism to West Side Story and who knows how many other movies, so no, it's not fair to say that. Also, I did buy the two leads as a couple a bit more as Carmen went along, and I think Paul Mescal and Melissa Barrera did the best they could with a fairly slight screenplay.
It's also almost a musical- more songs than most movies at least, and a handful of somewhat trepidatious dance numbers throughout. During some of the better moments, it felt like it was trying to go for something bigger than the production would allow, but then at other points, it felt like it was kind of afraid to be a full-on musical. A movie not feeling sure of itself is a pretty awkward thing. (They might've been sure of what they were making, but the confidence didn't come across in my eyes).
Carmen is also on the nose at points, having an agreeable message but a kind of awkward way of getting the point across at times. It is an unfulfilling movie that at least was going for something bold (I think), some of the time, so it's hard to call it worthless, despite the flaws. There are some striking shots throughout, the music's interesting, and there are two pretty good lead performances at its centre, but I don't know if all those qualities are quite enough to make it work as a whole, or feel worth recommending.
It's also almost a musical- more songs than most movies at least, and a handful of somewhat trepidatious dance numbers throughout. During some of the better moments, it felt like it was trying to go for something bigger than the production would allow, but then at other points, it felt like it was kind of afraid to be a full-on musical. A movie not feeling sure of itself is a pretty awkward thing. (They might've been sure of what they were making, but the confidence didn't come across in my eyes).
Carmen is also on the nose at points, having an agreeable message but a kind of awkward way of getting the point across at times. It is an unfulfilling movie that at least was going for something bold (I think), some of the time, so it's hard to call it worthless, despite the flaws. There are some striking shots throughout, the music's interesting, and there are two pretty good lead performances at its centre, but I don't know if all those qualities are quite enough to make it work as a whole, or feel worth recommending.
- Jeremy_Urquhart
- Nov 12, 2024
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $103,388
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,832
- Apr 23, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $383,996
- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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