Showing posts with label Sophie Marceau. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sophie Marceau. Show all posts

Tuesday, 30 August 2022

La boum 2 (1982)


 

Vulnerable and impressionable teenage girl continues to experience sorrows and joys of adult life.

From memory: Agreeably charming and entertaining sequel continues the story with much of the original cast.

Maltin**1/2: "A formula film, not better or worse than the original."



Sunday, 7 February 2021

Une rencontre (2014)



 

A family man's encounter with a beautiful woman develops into a mutual fascination. 

Slight romantic drama is mainly remarkable watchable for the good performances by its two stars.



Saturday, 10 August 2019

La boum (1980)



This is the story about the first love experiences of a teenage-girl.

Likable, light-footed, but not very original teenage romance drama, clearly targeted for an adolescent audience; interesting as Sophie Marceau's well-played debut.

Maltin**1/2: "Cliched but harmless chronicle..."


Thursday, 2 February 2017

Anthony Zimmer (2005)



In Nice, the international police force and the Russian mafia are chasing Anthony Zimmer, an intelligent man responsible for laundry of dirty money in France, who had extensive plastic surgery, and his new face and voice are completely unknown.

Goodlooking thriller offers little suspense, and the twist ending is highly predictable.


Monday, 9 May 2016

Les femmes de l'ombre (2008)



In 1944, in London, a lieutenant assigns his sister to convince three other women to form a five-woman task force under his command to rescue a British geologist from a German hospital in the countryside.

Well-made, old-fashioned WWII espionage thriller with a good cast and lots of action that manages to keep the tension high till the end.


Thursday, 31 December 2015

Ne te retourne pas (2009)



Panic attacks and memory loss signal the plight of a writer whose body is inexplicably being taken over by another woman.

Intense, but a bit overplayed psychodrama with a quite confusing plot.