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02/11/06
Same Old Song (1997)
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Reviews Counted:14
Fresh:9
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6.4/10
Runtime: 2 hrs
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Four years before Baz Luhrman's MOULIN ROUGE, Alain Resnais made this musical love story using contemporary pop songs. The songs are used in a style similar to MOULIN ROUGE as they are the portal... [More]
Starring: Sabine Azema, Pierre Arditi, Jane Birkin, Jean-Pierre Bacri
Director: Alain Resnais
Reviews for Same Old Song
1 - 18 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
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10/30/01
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09/12/08
Top Critic
Densely plotted and endearingly neurotic.
08/29/06
Top CriticNo review available.
06/26/05
No review available.
07/29/04
Give Resnais credit for trying something different.
10/21/02
A multi-layered love story and meditation on the natural human condition, where the characters lip sync to famous French songs, current pop, and older music as well, used as inner-monologues, dialogue and thought.
01/15/02
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10/30/01
Top CriticOver the course of its two hours, though, each of the main characters deepens and issues of deception, self-deception, trust, and control in their relationships take on surprising complexity.
10/30/01
What may have been intended as playful comes off as unbearably leaden and incongruous instead.
10/30/01
In his middle seventies, Resnais is still going full-tilt.
10/30/01
A tired tune, conducted by a maestro who appears to be tone-deaf.
10/30/01
This is a puny benefit for a device that's arbitrary and precious and results in slowing down scenes and conversations for no reason but cuteness.
10/30/01
By the end of the film you've become more than superficially acquainted with six recognizable and complicated individuals. How many movie musicals can make that claim?
10/30/01
Top CriticThe film has its funny moments, but as a satire of the bourgeoisie it's working awfully familiar territory.
10/30/01
There's not a lot of bite to this satirical musical, but Resnais has never made a bad film...
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