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Les Chansons d'Amour (2007)

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Reviews Counted:16

Fresh:6

Rotten:10

Average Rating:4.9/10

Rated: 15

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Theatrical Release:14-12-2007

Starring: Louis Garrel, Ludivine Sagnier, Chiara Mastroianni, Brigitte Rouan

Starring: Louis Garrel, Ludivine Sagnier, Chiara Mastroianni, Brigitte Rouan, Jean-Marie Winling, Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet

Director: Christophe Honoré

Director: Christophe Honoré

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Stylish, but that doesn't really make up for the drifting plot, or the lack of insight and conviction.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
12/14/07
Robert Hanks
Robert Hanks
Independent

In a would-be sexy romp full of rumoured threesomes, there's nowhere near enough actual flesh on display.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | comment Comment
12/14/07
Tim Robey
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph
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You need a sweet tooth for this kind of thing and Garrel really is turning into the most irritating actor in the world, hyperactively clowning around and generally behaving like the Big Brother contestant from hell.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
12/14/07
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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An affecting, vibrantly-acted work.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
12/13/07
Tom Dawson
Tom Dawson
Total Film
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The songs are poor, the faddishness (folk parading books passim, à la Godard) and Garrel’s performance are irritating, and only Chiara Mastroianni as a grieving sister brings any real sense of conviction to her role.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
12/13/07
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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Sensitively using song to express grief, passion and ennui, this is a cineaste’s delight.

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12/13/07
David Parkinson
David Parkinson
Empire Magazine
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12/13/07
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Stylistically Honore favours a naturalistic approach to choreographing the composer Alex Baupain's thirteen songs, thus avoiding the pitfalls of kitsch and irony, whilst his young and beautiful cast, deliver appealingly vibrant performances.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
12/11/07
Tom Dawson
Tom Dawson
BBC
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It is an erotic narrative whose characters express their innermost feelings in bursts of song, but it never sacrifices its heartfelt, often painful moods on the altar of irony.

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12/06/07
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Channel 4 Film
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Not least of the film’s problems is the score: thirteen overly wordy, thoroughly unremarkable songs, breathily performed by a cast with no notable singing ability.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
05/24/07
Wendy Ide
Wendy Ide
Times [UK]
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Sokaristiko ohi gia tin tolmi ton eikonon, i ton ideon toy, alla giati katebazei ti diastimiki apithanotita toy na brethei sokolatoyho gala ston Ari, kai soy ti serbirei me ayga kai mpeikon, les kai to pio anorthodokso pragma s' ayto, einai oti to stayrol

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06/29/08
Joseph Proimakis
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Movies for the Masses
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10/06/07
Susan Green
Susan Green
Boxoffice Magazine

I kept waiting for mimes to show up, on screen or off...

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
09/22/07
Bill Chambers
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central
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Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
09/06/07
Globe and Mail

Yet another valiant but unsuccessful effort to rehabilitate the potency of the musical genre, Honore's Love Songs is a Gallic tweener, neither charming in the academic manner of Jacques Demy 1960s musicals nor immediate enough for contemporary viewers.

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05/21/07
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

A good film -- if not necessarily a good musical.

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05/19/07
Boyd van Hoeij
Boyd van Hoeij
european-films.net

Some of Alex Baupain's tunes were already written, others composed specifically for the film. They're pleasant affairs, each tuned to the characters' states of mind, but the melodies aren't distinctive enough to leave more than a passing impression.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
05/19/07
Jay Weissberg
Jay Weissberg
Variety
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The result is mixed.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
05/19/07
Kirk Honeycutt
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter
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