My family and I went to see this movie. We were 5, and when we got out, we were so appalled that we decided to laugh instead of crying about this lost moment of our life.
From the beginning, Elsa Zylberstein's speech during dinner at the embassy was so embarrassing that we were still asking ourselves if it was meant to be taken seriously or not. I thought to myself that if it was not serious, it might still be a good movie. But serious it was... Every scene of this movie can be anticipated. The Indian landscape? beautiful, colorful, but useless. The only real interaction between the two main characters and the country they are supposed to discover: Dujardin tickling an Indian guy's feet in the train.
An initiatic journey? they don't care about the places they pass by, nor the people. Zylberstein repeats that they still need to take "two more trains and a boat" Dujardin is bored, ME TOO.
So many elements in this movie have nothing to do with the story, you ask yourself why on earth they are shown. The story about "Juliet and Romeo", music in general (two characters are musicians). They are not linked to anything, and end up just being there...
I try to be moderate as often as I can when I review a film. But with this one... it is just too much. I came back home and watched another one, to move on.
Embarrassing movie indeed
From the beginning, Elsa Zylberstein's speech during dinner at the embassy was so embarrassing that we were still asking ourselves if it was meant to be taken seriously or not. I thought to myself that if it was not serious, it might still be a good movie. But serious it was... Every scene of this movie can be anticipated. The Indian landscape? beautiful, colorful, but useless. The only real interaction between the two main characters and the country they are supposed to discover: Dujardin tickling an Indian guy's feet in the train.
An initiatic journey? they don't care about the places they pass by, nor the people. Zylberstein repeats that they still need to take "two more trains and a boat" Dujardin is bored, ME TOO.
So many elements in this movie have nothing to do with the story, you ask yourself why on earth they are shown. The story about "Juliet and Romeo", music in general (two characters are musicians). They are not linked to anything, and end up just being there...
I try to be moderate as often as I can when I review a film. But with this one... it is just too much. I came back home and watched another one, to move on.
Embarrassing movie indeed