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(French with English subtitles on Netflix)

An excellent WW2 French resistance film based on a real life highly decorated French heroine who died in 2004 at age 98. Marceau portrays a woman with and on a deadly mission with selected other women not to seduce but to kill certain Germans in prep for D-Day. Marceau plays well her roles as sniper &/or assassin and team leader with a commanding yet understated performance. There's more to Marceau than has been seen - and probably more yet with the right Direction.

Without showing everything about WW2 and German criminality, the film is well cast, directed, scored, and photographed. What a time it was ...

Adult movie in the good way - based on an autobiographical account.

Helen Hunt makes 50 look good, especially from the neck down, with an unabashed and lovely display of her Cleft of Venus in the role. The ending was understated and lovely in a way not seen since the wonderful "Big Fish."

Was not aware the Iron Lung was in use in Y2K (mostly it's not). Thought it was out mid-20th century, along with polio.

This is a film that is thought provoking on several levels. It uses a light touch showing the gray areas of life where the usual rules don't quite seem suitable. Macy gives a great perf in a supporting role. It would've been even better without the "hippy" hair (that might've been autobiographically authentic).

Helen Hunt earned her Oscar nomination in spades. She would be even better if her Directors could help her not end sentences on an up-note (voice pitch rising) in the Jewish mother sense.

Overall, a unique and very interesting production.

* Would like to have seen in the credits the digital photography equipment - Red or Arri Alexa, etc.

In spite of its Lifetime Network title, this film's story was deep, novel'esque, and progressively engrossing, unmasking some of the consequences of mid-20th century morality. The cast ensemble is excellent as their characters' intertwine and orbit about a central character who actually doesn't have much screen time.

A cinema "hobby" is identifying scenes that are among the best or most unique of their kind - the ill wind that blows in "A Very Long Engagement" (highly staged though it has the appearance of serendipitous perfection) or cinema's most intense close-up of the look of Love during a love scene in "Dangerous Beauty" (Catherine McCormack). In "Bride Flight," it's the sequence (near the end) on the airport tarmac and the steps of the DC-3 airliner, and without a word of dialogue.

Fine filmmaking of a Dutch production in New Zealand - and a lovely surprise. Probably this film would rate higher if it had more English dialogue segments. Nevertheless, a really good film.