ruth-slavid
Joined Apr 2006
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There are few films that stick in my memory because they are so dreadful, but this is one. Steve Martin is one of the most embarrassing actors I have ever seen, and the whole film is cloying and without charm. Rumour has it that there is meant to be some humour in it - but I'm sure it is just a rumour. Oh for Gerard Depardieu in Cyrano. The only virtue of a film like this is that it helps you remember who to avoid in future. Somebody told me that in certain circumstances Daryl Hannah can act, but I have avoided her like the plague since seeing this horror of a film. This is a classic indication of how American cinema can screw up a first-rate story.
I really loved this film which was charming and intriguing. It was a shame it did not achieve wider distribution, and that that terrible Tom Hanks vehicle took the same (English) title. It provided a wonderful insight into the way that people could lose their freedom to determine their own lives, as well as sending up the vagaries of French bureaucracy. Jean Rochefort is a wonderful actor; I would be happy to see him in almost anything but this was an especial joy. It even gave me a perverse yearning to stay in one of those automated French hotels that are guyed at some point. It is several years since I saw this film but a number of vignettes remain clearly in my mind.