August 8, 2011

Pater (2011) *

Strange French film. Totally baffling.

Un Monstre a Paris (2011) *

A rather boring animated feature about a giant bug terrorizing Paris.

Toutes nos envies (2011) **

Marie Gillain plays a dying judge who tries to help a heavily indebted woman.

Polisse (2011) ***

My Little Princess (2011) ***

La Guerre est declaree (2011) ***

Les Femmes du 6ieme etage (2011) ***

L'Exercice de l'Etat (2011) ***

Ces amours-la (2011) ***

Angele et Tony (2011) ***

After Fall Winter (2011) ***

Jeanne captive (2011) ***

Les Lyonnais (2011) *

La Source des femmes (2011) **

Presumé coupable (2011) *

A horrifying miscarriage of justice. Based on a true story. There are many very strong moments, but the film fails to present a coherent emotional vision. As results, it's an uneven mix of the gripping and the unwatchable.

Omar m'a tuer (2011) *

17 filles (2011) *

French drama about an epidemy of pregnancies among teenage girls.

La Vie meilleure (2011) *

Depressing French drama about some very bad business decisions leading to a life of misery and despair.

La Conquête (2011) **

Political drama about Nicholas Sarkozy's presidential campaign. The film presents him in a highly sympathetic light, but also suggests that he was all style and little substance. And so, ultimately, is the film.

Intouchables (2011) **

Popular French comedy about a black ghetto kid helping a rich white paraplegic cope with life.

Elle ne pleure pas elle chante (2011) ***

Une Pure affaire (2011) *

A lawyer finds a bag full of cocaine and becomes a drug dealer. "Breaking Bad", French-style.