There's much to criticize about this somewhat farcical romantic comedy, but the talent, beauty and pixieish whimsy of Audrey Tautou isn't one of them.
07/06/04 07:16 PM
God Is Great, I'm Not (2002)
21 %
Reviews Counted: 24 Fresh: 5 Rotten:19 Average Rating: 4.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Synopsis:
Michèle (AMELIE's adorable Audrey Tautou) is a 20-year-old tornado. With a bouncing, perfectly round Afro and a job posing for fashion photography, she boldly describes herself as a "top model," though her miniature physical size and girlish grin reveals her subdued, searching interior.... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Edouard Baer, Julie Depardieu, Catherine Jacob, Philippe Laudenbach
Director: Pascale Bailly
Screenwriter: Pascale Bailly, Alain Tasma
Producer: Georges Benayoun, Alain Sarde
Screenwriter: Pascale Bailly, Alain Tasma
Producer: Georges Benayoun, Alain Sarde
Reviews
It's barely got enough material for a 24-minute episode of Friends, let alone enough juice to solve the mysteries of the universe.
04/30/04 05:56 PM
You could watch a heroine barrel into a messy romance all day, provided that she's a lot less dopey than this, but few of Michele's foibles make us sympathize with her.
07/10/03 05:07 PM
I was trying to decide what annoyed me most about God is Great... I'm Not, and then I realized that I just didn't care.
05/16/03 05:34 PM
The film is a confusing melange of tones and styles, one moment a romantic trifle and the next a turgid drama.
05/15/03 01:44 PM
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03/29/03 08:03 AM
The plot grows thin soon, and you find yourself praying for a quick resolution.
03/21/03 04:21 PM
An incredibly irritating comedy about thoroughly vacuous people...manages to embody the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy.
03/06/03 08:25 AM
Although God Is Great addresses interesting matters of identity and heritage, it's hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film.
02/20/03 07:57 PM
This off-putting French romantic comedy is sure to test severely the indulgence of fans of Amélie.
01/30/03 06:26 PM
Top Critic Audrey Tatou has a knack for picking roles that magnify her outrageous charm, and in this literate French comedy, she's as morning-glory exuberant as she was in Amélie.
01/30/03 02:21 PM
I am convinced [Tautou] can do anything, and I recommend the movie almost solely because of her.
11/22/02 05:16 PM
We never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they'll wind up together, and Michele's spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest.
11/14/02 08:07 AM
Top Critic Michele is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously.
11/08/02 04:05 PM
A movie in which two not very absorbing characters are engaged in a romance you can't wait to see end.
11/08/02 04:03 PM
A light-hearted French film about the spiritual quest of a fashion model seeking peace of mind while in a love affair with a veterinarian who is a non-practicing Jew.
11/08/02 07:14 AM
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