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À la folie... pas du tout (2002)
Surprise!
Late one night when I couldn't sleep, I went downstairs to see what was on all of my umpteen movie channels that never seem to have anything decent playing. I stumbled across this film, just having seen Amelie and A Very Long Engagement, and I figured another Audrey Tautou film might be worth watching. Never having heard of this film before, I was incredibly surprised at the turn of perspective halfway through the film. Usually I see this kind of thing coming, but it completely threw me off guard. I loved it. Of the millions of obsessive love films out there, this one stands out for sheer originality of the surprise. I didn't feel like I was being dragged through a load of stupid mistakes by hackneyed archetypal characters as in most thrillers, waiting for an inevitable happy ending, because I didn't even know I was watching a suspense for the first half. Obviously most people won't have the same experience because of their prior knowledge, but having reviewed it recently, I still think it's better than most.
The Kiss (2003)
Laughable
In a word, this film was laughable. From the acting to the scenery to the plot, the entire film was laughable. The one death scene in the movie had me rolling on the floor in fits of hysteria. Seriously, I had to pause and rewind it was that bad. The only really likable character is the roommate played by Eliza Dushku. The main character is whiny and pathetic. Even the flashbacks are a joke. From what was read of this so-called brilliant novel, it seemed like sappy melodramatic tripe. I was however, compelled to know how it ended, which was the driving force, the point, of the movie. It gets one star for that, and one for Eliza.