It's an amusing, sophisticated movie, true to its times, cheerfully erotic, and played with unselfconscious conviction by its three young actors.
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12/07/07
The Dreamers (2004)
61 %
Reviews Counted: 148 Fresh: 90 Rotten:58 Average Rating: 6.2/10
Consensus:
Though lushly atmospheric, The Dreamers doesn't engage or provoke as much as it should.
Rated: 18
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Theatrical Release: 06-02-2004
Synopsis: Left alone in Paris whilst their parents are on holiday, Isabelle (Eva Green) and her brother Theo (Louis Garrel) invite Matthew (Michael Pitt), a young American student, to stay at their apartment. Here they make their own rules as they experiment with their emotions and sexuality while... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Michael Pitt, Eva Green, Louis Garrel, Anna Chancellor, Robin Renucci
Reviews
Fans of film and gorgeous naked people of either sex will find much here to interest them. But it also has moments that make you want to throw stones.
04/01/06
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By far the most engaging aspect of the film is its celebration of cinema.
02/03/04
A ménage-à-trois drama that's watchable but doesn't live up to its Italian director's towering reputation.
02/03/04
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Stylish, erotic, forgivably pretentious drama with lashings of explicit sex and strong performances from its three leads.
10/26/03
[A] sex-infused film that touches on all kinds of interesting themes... but never goes anywhere interesting with them.
09/25/03
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Operating on several levels, the film is at once a celebration of the sexual revolution and a celebration of cinema as the secular equivalent of religion, when movies mattered and going to the Cinematheque Francaise was like going to church.
06/03/06
...we feel stranded on a soundstage, mummy-wrapped in film studies and bereft of any genuine emotion.
01/08/05
It’s a hot sequence that nudges the boundary of taste, but still manages to come off more as art than porn.
01/03/05
Maybe the worst thing Bertolucci has done is make a good film that is too blithe to distance itself from the offensively precious one it constantly threatens to be.
08/03/04
The cultural revolution reflected in the personal lives of the young people is a distraction. Better to enjoy the movie for the beauty and delight of its love story alone.
06/03/04
Only time will tell if The Dreamers is a great film. I think it is at the least a very good one.
06/03/04
It's all quite soporific, because nothing is at stake and there's no reason to care about these self-absorbed twits.
05/22/04
Bertolucci indulges too much in the great sin of nostalgia, thus reducing the film’s political firepower by washing it in a hazy wave of 'Remember when …'
04/27/04
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