Reviews of A Very Long Engagement 2004
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Well , it's a bit confusing . there are lots of names and characters but it's still a beautiful film
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An interesting take on a post WW1 "Widow" looking for her husband to be, whom she believes to still be alive, but in hiding. Through tracking all throughout Paris, she manages to locate and converse with war survivors and friends of, whom help her to piece together her fiancee's last days in the field. Surprisingly well shot, with beautiful shots of France, incredibly realistic war scenes, and a great soundtrack. Also, a surprise guest appearance by Jodie Foster, who seems…
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Jodie Foster. Look for her.
A cute love story.
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Flawless piece of cinema. Should be the benchmark by which all film are measured. Just ridiculously brilliant.
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A very long movie, but beautiful nonetheless. Couldn't stop thinking about it for days afterwards.
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Jeunet’s follow-up to the incomparable Amélie is a transcendent romance, a complex mystery (with no shortage of whimsy) and a chilling evocation of the horror and futility of war, as Mathilde (Audrey Tautou) searches for her fiancé, one of five soldiers sentenced to death for desertion at Bingo Crépuscule three years earlier. It’s an extraordinarily successful melding of apparently incompatible moods and genres, full of vividly-drawn supporting characters (Marion Cotillard’s vengeful prostitute, Jodie Foster’s selfless wife) and featuring one of…
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Trop bavard, trop long, trop de clichés...
Une belle palette d'acteurs, mais qui récitent des dialogues beaucoup trop littéraires. Je ne recommande pas spécialement. -
Un long dimanche de fiançailles
"Mathilde refuses to believe that her soldier fiancé died after being sent to die in No Mans' Land as punishment for self-mutilation during WW1, and sets out on an obsessive search for him. The film makes very effective use of flashbacks to tell the story, and has an extremely powerful depiction of the utter barbarity of trench warfare." -
If you'd never seen Amelie, the argument could be made that these two films are interchangeable; I probably wouldn't support the argument, though. Though it was comforting to read, somewhere, that even Jeunet got confused by the whole thing as he was making it, A Very Long Engagement aptly overstays its own welcome, cramming three movies' worth of information into just one (but not as deftly as Amelie did, unfortunately). Working better if you interpret it as something along the…
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Another movie by Jean-Pierre Jeunet with Audrey Tautou, and therefore often depicted as "Amelie goes to war". And there are other ways that link both movies, the storytelling with the use of a narrator and visuals are rather similar between both movies (though the latter are rather similar between most of Jeunet's movies).
The story tells the tale of 5 french soldiers, all who have performed an act of self-mutilation in order to escape the front. However they are caught…
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Brilliant, Awesome and toching.
The movie has everything love, tragedy and redemption. Shot in the scenic france and the dreadful days of world war II. The movie is both moving and emotional.
The story is the strong point which is helped by the talented talents of Audey Tatau. She shines like a star and her brightness engulfs the film beautifully.
I would recommend this movie to everyone specially the ones who need to find hope. -
I must admit, this was sometimes a wild film to follow due to the intricacies of what is ultimately a phenomenal story. Starring Audrey Tautou (wondrous as always) and Gaspard Ulliel (terrific here), it is a story of a young engaged couple. He is sent to the front in WWI while she remains behind, of course, in the countryside. Five men self-injure in hopes of being sent home, including Ulliel's character. Instead, they are sent into "no man's land" between…