Very hateable characters, lots of build up and no release, frustrating storyline, yet I can’t hate it.
Great score, great tension, beautiful visuals, and truly a moment in Gen Z pop culture. Almost made me want to pick up a tennis racket. I didn’t, but I thought about it. I feel like that says all I really want to say about this movie lol
I usually hate sung-through musicals… I really like this one!
Something about the singing actually helped give the movie rhythm and helped with pacing.
Still quite sad by the ending, but a familiar and oddly comforting sadness that French dramas seem to leave me with.
As per usual, Catherine Deneuve was subtle but captivating, and the rest of the cast delivered their lines in a way that made me forget I was watching a musical, and made me take in everything in a serious way.
Visually, Sonically, and Thematically Striking! Yet subtle…
My last surface level thoughts were “that was so unnecessary! Why go in all these circles when multiple times they had it all (or were close to having it all) and then they let it go!”
Maybe that was the point…
The music stood on its own for me, but it also really served the shifts in the film by using the same innocent song which went through many stylistic and lyrical changes over the years as well
If you loved “Before Sunrise”, you’ll like this one!
The stillness of this film gives it so much room to breathe life into the characters, the scenery, and the connections blossoming between them all.
Some may draw comparisons between this film and “Before Sunrise”. I think that’s very fair given both Plots are driven by traveling by train and falling in love with a strangers in your 20s, however “Before Sunrise” centres around dialogue, whereas I feel “Compartment Number 16”…
