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  Review by eely 🎄 ★★★★★ 2

  GOD this made my heart swell to the size of a sunset over the bridge of sighs while the bells toll. I love it as much as lauren loves daniel and as much as daniel loves robert redford.

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  Review by T👁️ ★★★★

  Another underrated movie from another underrated director.

  George Roy Hill's, "Before Sunri-
  I mean,
  George Roy Hill's, "Moonrise Kingd-
  ...

  Alright, first things fuckin' last: This movie knew just how to press on my sentimental nerve. I know what you're doing movie so stop it. The little kids are in love and it's fucking wonderful to be a little kid and in love.

  Does this movie have flaws? Yeah, the cliches. There are a bunch, but the heart behind the sentiment and endearing nature of the film made me shrug it off easily. It also helps when you think about how a lot of what could now be looked at as cliches, probably weren't as popular back then.

  There's some…

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  Review by erich4chi ★★★½

  I’m a sucker for stories about kids who want nothing more than for their emotions to be taken seriously.

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  Review by Brian Formo ★★★ 5

  young love, yes yes.
  seasoned vet assisting young love, yes yes.

  but Georges Delerue's score, Sally Kellerman's open horniness, Broderick Crawford's warm embrace of the "paycheck job," the final freeze frame, and "Natalie Woodstein, 'Lauren's dorky friend'" are the real MVPs.

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  Review by Anny ★★★★★

  Such a refreshing film, a romantic comedy about two youngsters in love. A french boy who loves movies and an American girl fall in love and decide to run away to Venice to seal their beautiful romance under the bridge of Sighs. It's a pure and simple story about connecting and finding love for the first time.

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  Review by Alex Leonce ★★★★

  Did Linklater gain inspiration from this, for his Before trilogy?!

  A nice, comforting, beautifully shot movie about young puppy love between two teens. In her debut, Diane Lane vastly impresses, and shows why she's one of the best working actresses today, while her costar, Thelonious Bernard, also impresses as they both share cute chemistry. Laurence Olivier is a delight to watch.

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  Review by Pierre Lachaine ★★½

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  Je voulais tellement aimer ça. J'ai abordé ce film, porté par la beauté aussi lumineuse que délicate de son affiche pointilliste, avec l'impression qu'il serait fait pour moi. Mais, malheureusement, au final, je me suis juste pas mal ennuyé de Truffaut, auquel le film fait constamment référence, que ce soit par le personnage de Daniel (presque un anagramme de Doinel si on veut aller jusque là), jeune cinéphile de 13 ans qui vole des photos de sa star préférée (Robert Redford dans Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid…) et qui a droit à un plan final avec arrêt sur image et zoom, par le tournage du film dans le film, qui donne l'occasion d'observations sur le milieu du cinéma (mais…

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  Review by kathryn ★★★½

  dare i say better than moonrise kingdom

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  Review by Alice ★★★★½ 8

  What fans of The Before Trilogy wish Moonrise Kingdom was like. And it's absolutely delicious. George Roy Hill just doesn't miss.

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  Review by AntoniusBlock7 ★★★

  Seeing Diane Lane in her film debut at age 13 and Laurence Olivier at age 72 were the main attractions for me, and they don’t disappoint. Lane’s performance is very good, especially during the film’s touching moments, and Olivier’s character has a nice little twist along the way which he performs well. I was also happy to see beautiful shots in Paris, Verona, and Venice, especially the latter towards the end.

  I have to say, the movie doesn’t do itself any favors by straining the plot’s credibility to the point of annoyance – Lane’s character (also 13 years old mind you) reads Heidegger, her boyfriend (Thelonious Bernard) has developed a system for picking the winners of horse races, and Lane…

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  Review by sepvira ★★★½

  Lauren.. Call me Bogie.
  Why?
  Because... Because they belong together, Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart. They were married. Movie stars. She called him Bogie. That's why I said to call me Bogie.

  A really sweet, delightful romance between 13-year-old-film buff French boy Daniel and 13-year-old-Heidegger American girl Lauren. Such great chemistry and performances from the two leads, especially Diane Lane in her debut.

  It's A Little Romance afterall or maybe Before Sunrise Jr with a little help from a charming old fella with over-the-top French accent played by Sir Laurence Olivier.

  ps. i just can't believe that director George Roy Hill showing his earlier film, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" in the opening scene

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  Review by Nuno Costa ★★★★★

  Viewed on TCM

  I had PVR'd A Little Romance (1979) two years ago, and deleted it to make room for something else. I PVR'd it again 5 or 6 months ago and finally to go it today.
  Academy Award Winner for Best Original Score (Georges Delerue) and Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay (Allan Burns), A Little Romance (1979) is a highly underrated film.
  Lawrence Olivier was also nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor.

  A Little Romance (1979) is about a French kid who is a movie buff, who falls for an American kid (Diane Lane) in France. Lawrence Olivier plays a French man that they meet in the park one day.
  The young couple in love runaway…