Truffaut's third film may not look the masterpiece it seemed 40-odd years ago, but it remains one of his most enjoyable movies.
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02/09/06
Jules And Jim (1962)
97 %
Reviews Counted: 30 Fresh: 29 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 9/10
Rated: PG
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Theatrical Release: 30-05-2008
Synopsis: JULES AND JIM is François Truffaut's intense, beautiful, enigmatic film about the lifelong friendship between two writers--French novelist Jim (Henri Serre) and Austrian children's author Jules (Oskar Werner)--and their mutual love for the eccentric Catherine (Jeanne Moreau). With... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre
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A painfully moving story about uncompromising friendship and uncontrollable love.
04/17/01
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05/30/08
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05/28/08
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Along with Godard's Breathless, François Truffaut's Jules et Jim is probably the essential French New Wave film -- and it's possibly even more essential.
11/14/07
Truffaut's masterpiece is one of the best dissections of that uniquely French concept, menage a trois, with a definitive performance of Jeanne Moreau at the center; his love for the film medium is evident in every frame of this tragic yet giddy romance
04/12/07
The acting by the three stars is superb, though this is ultimately Jeanne Moreau's film.
01/02/07
More than 40 years old, François Truffaut's whirling dervish remains an ageless beauty.
12/12/06
With this 1961 film Truffaut comes closest to the spirit and sublimity of his mentor, Jean Renoir, and the result is a masterpiece of the New Wave.
12/12/06
There is new beauty in what Truffaut is trying to show us, an exquisiteness that..forever alter[ed] the face of cinema.
07/31/05
Jules and Jim is sad yet humorous, breathless yet contemplative, universal yet hermetic.
05/30/05
This breezy yet complicated look at maybe the most famous menage a trois modern history has known is Trauffaut's finest moment.
11/17/04
There is joy in the filmmaking that feels fresh today and felt audacious at the time.
08/12/04
Top Critic
Far too cute and ridiculous for its own good, yet riddled with so many strong points that it can't be overlooked.
12/22/03
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