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09/29/07
Romance of Astree and Celadon (2008)
75 %
Reviews Counted: 16 Fresh: 12 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 6.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Jocelyn Quivrin, Rodolphe Pauly, Serge Renko, Arthur Dupont
Reviews
1 - 17 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
The nymphs and druids who frolic through The Romance of Astrea and Celadon occupy mythological space between Shakespeare and Greek mythology.
08/18/08
Top Critic
I can't think of another director who would even have tried to make this mythic wonderland come alive, with its impossibly beautiful actors, lush, bucolic scenery and not even the slightest concession to contemporary notions of realism.
08/15/08
Goes from mere bad choice to embarrassing clunker...Community-college theater troupes have rendered broad burlesques with more skill.
08/14/08
Rohmer has not succumbed to pessimism or despair in his late work, and here he is as light of touch and witty as ever.
08/13/08
Even though I much prefer Mr. Rohmer’s forays in the contemporary world from very oblique vantage points, I find his period spirituality very genuine.
08/13/08
As Astrea and Celadon talk out their heartbreak, confusion, humility and ardor, Rohmer transports us visually, sentimentally, intellectually and spiritually.
08/13/08
The movie's gravity has the effect of raising Rohmer's career-long concerns to cosmic heights.
08/13/08
Retro-extinct 5th century emotions, speeches substituting for dialogue, and faux lesbian lust. Lover from another planet.
08/07/08
Rohmer's knack for fable is manifest even in his modern-dress films, and in Astrea and Celadon a feeling of fable - of more to this story than meets the eye - is ever-present.
06/27/08
Given Rohmer's status, should we spend extra time scrutinizing this turkey for something hidden, something worthwhile that perhaps escaped our gaze?
06/26/08
The greatest indication that a director is in complete control of his material is when everything seems to be casually in the right place, which certainly seems to be the case in Les amours d'Astree et de Celadon.
02/28/08
It’s apparent that Rohmer is once again drawn to the orderliness of the logic and interpretation that his characters give to love, and here he is evidently deeply satisfied by the justice of the conclusion that results.
10/09/07
A screen adaptation of a 17th-century pastoral novel in which French director Eric Rohmer explores two of his favorite subjects: fidelity and jealousy.
09/30/07
Pic's fantastic third act more than makes up for such occasional slogging.
09/29/07
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