Wow...I just don't get it. This is actually the second time I have seen MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S because after the first time, I felt as if the film was boring. Now that I've seen hundreds of other French films, I thought I'd try it again--perhaps my first impression was way off base. Well, as I sit here watching the film, I am just amazed at how dull and talky the film is once again. DSespite many very positive reviews, I just can't get into the film. The characters seem so repressed and uninteresting. Listening to Jean-Louis Trintignant talk to an old friend about philosophy and religion, I felt like screaming. It all just seemed so incredibly pretentious and you wonder if ANYONE talks like that. And later, when Jean-Louis becomes infatuated with a woman, you once again wonder if anyone actually behaves that way--at least an normal person.
The bottom line is that the film bored me to tears and I can't imagine why more don't have the same reaction. Maybe they did but just didn't want to see like a Philistine by saying they didn't have the patience for this film. Well acted, yes, but a hopelessly static script make this a film that is hard to take.
The bottom line is that the film bored me to tears and I can't imagine why more don't have the same reaction. Maybe they did but just didn't want to see like a Philistine by saying they didn't have the patience for this film. Well acted, yes, but a hopelessly static script make this a film that is hard to take.