Happily Ever After (2005)
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Reviews Counted:40
Fresh:23
Rotten:17
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: Though this French film features good acting, it lacks the wit and charm one would expect to see.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Yvan Attal writes, directs, and stars in this meditation on extra-marital affairs. When he and his wife (Charlotte Gainsbourg) find they are both attracted to other people, even though they are... [More]
Starring: Yvan Attal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain Chabat, Emmanuelle Seigner
Director: Yvan Attal
Reviews for Happily Ever After
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 2.5/5 |
full review in Greek Full Review |
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 2/4 |
This is an affair to forget. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Attal taps into that unexpectedness -- the inability of just one person to captain the course of a relationship no matter how hard they try -- and he plays it for all it's worth. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Gets bogged down in midlife-crisis cliches. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
There are a few quality moments, but this fairy tale is far from enchanting. Full Review |
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2/4 |
Whatever points screenwriter/director Attal is trying to make about relationship envy get lost as the marital conflicts become more contrived and shrill. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Attal doesn't illuminate Vincent's motives for straying, and unwisely suggests Vincent's philandering and Gabrielle's daydreaming are somehow morally equivalent. Full Review |
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3/4 |
In a world filled with empty lust and marital discord, Yvan Attal’s wistful comedy is about a guy who loves his wife. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Attal knows that no matter how adult we feel when we say, 'I do,' marriage is all child's play: jealousy, lies and pure, unconditional love. Perplexing, but not a bad option. Full Review |
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2/4 |
There's nothing much wrong with the film; my complaint is that there's nothing much right about it. Full Review |
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3/4 |
The story in the French Happily Ever After is about as exciting as that bland, mistranslated title. But the filmmaking? Very exciting. Full Review |
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B- |
Happily Ever After is never as insightful or as funny as Woody at his best. But the film has a fine-tuned approach to human behavior. Full Review |
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C- |
A sour, grating comedy-drama about fidelity and infidelity among the Parisian bourgeoisie...certainly won't send you home with a smile on your face. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Attal is creative in crafting cinematic mood, using focus and camera movements to subtly but deftly enhance and even anticipate emotions. Full Review |
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A meditation on the joys and frustrations of monogamy that manages to be a diverting and funny character study at least most of the time. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Whether any of them will live happily ever after is a question you're left pondering long after this challenging film comes to a close. Full Review |
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3/4 |
This is a fetching piece of work, both comical and savvy, and Gainsborough's brisk, forward intelligence rescues Gabrielle from snags of marital self-pity. Full Review |
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It's French. It's sexy. It's got a killer soundtrack. Full Review |
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C- |
If this is director Attal's attempt to dive into the complex world of marriages, he barely swam past the shoreline. Full Review |
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