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What an odd little film.

posted 12 years ago by BlackDog123
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I honestly don't know how to rate it - it was unnecessarily disgusting (this from a confirmed horror fan), but strangely compelling. I don't understand why it was so short, and I disliked the two main characters. The acting was ... interesting. Lots of blank stares and meaningful pauses (let me put it this way, I am far from fluent in French yet I was able to read the subtitles just fine while playing Angry Birds). If there was a point, I missed it, yet I watched to the end.

Overall, just weird - I think I give it a 5 out of 10, but a 9 out of 10 on the "WTF" scale.

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[–] badscene 12 years ago

That's really funny. I felt exactly the same way and just finished watching it for the first time while playing angry birds too. hah those damn birds -- so addictive.

[–] SavageBeauty 12 years ago

I feel the same as well (without the Angry Birds)
But it did stay with me. I was reminded of an old Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode. The fifty something minutes with a cast of only a few actors (the baby and 2 women for most of the movie) in a simple but compelling situation.
I didn't think the end was a shock.

[–] Rad_Robot_V 10 years ago

Francois Ozon is nuts.

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