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Les Chansons d'Amour

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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

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Rated: 15

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Theatrical Release: 14-12-2007

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

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

Director: Christophe Honoré

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2/5

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

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12/14/07
Robert Hanks
Independent
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In a would-be sexy romp full of rumoured threesomes, there's nowhere near enough actual flesh on display.

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12/14/07
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph
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2/5

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.

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12/14/07
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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4/5

An affecting, vibrantly-acted work.

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12/13/07
Tom Dawson
Total Film
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2/6

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.

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12/13/07
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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4/5

Sensitively using song to express grief, passion and ennui, this is a cineaste’s delight.

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12/13/07
David Parkinson
Empire Magazine
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2/5

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12/13/07
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon
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4/5

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.

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12/11/07
Tom Dawson
BBC
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4/5

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
Channel 4 Film
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2/5

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.

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05/24/07
Wendy Ide
Times [UK]
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3/5

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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Joseph Proimakis
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10/06/07
Susan Green
Boxoffice Magazine
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I kept waiting for mimes to show up, on screen or off...

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09/22/07
Bill Chambers
Film Freak Central
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09/06/07
Globe and Mail
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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
EmanuelLevy.Com
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A good film -- if not necessarily a good musical.

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

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05/19/07
Jay Weissberg
Variety
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The result is mixed.

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05/19/07
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter
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