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Reviews Counted:40
Fresh:38
Rotten:2
Average Rating:8/10
Consensus: Beineix combines unique cinematography, an intelligent script, and a brilliant soundtrack to make Diva a stylishly memorable film.
Theatrical Release:Nov 2, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: DIVA is a charming French original that combines intrigue, romance and a delirious soundtrack in a visually stunning and stylish debut from Jean-Jacques Beineix. Frederic Andrei stars as Jules, a... [More]
Starring: Fredric Andrei, Wilhelmenia Wiggins, Richard Bohringer, Thuy An Luu
Director: Jean-Jacques Beineix
The most exciting debut in years, it is unified by the extraordinary decor - colour supplement chic meets pop art surrealism - which creates a world of totally fantastic reality situated four-square in contemporary Paris.
Perhaps the most picturesque film to come out of France in years.
Incredibly stylish and visually ravishing -- arguably to a fault -- Jean-Jacques Beineixís audacious debut has aged well.
With its classic clash of style and content, this is very much a key film in the French 'cinema du look' genre.
It's a supremely gorgeous and supremely shallow motion picture, but it believes in art with a capital A. And practically nobody does anymore.
Top CriticDiva remains terrific after all this time. The visuals are beautifully composed; the action scenes ... still work; and the performances are all spot-on... .
It flows between its romance, drama and thriller plots more smoothly than today’s best genre-blenders.
Beineix choreographs the actors and the camera into a stunning and stylish cinematic dance... This is not a musical in the strict sense of the word but it certainly feels like one in the way it moves.
Jean-Jacques Beniex's bold experiment is worth a place of importance in cinematic history.
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Any film with this much stylistic assurance is impossible to fully resist.
Top CriticThis is style as a force of nature.
Top CriticHad Wile E. Coyote chased Jean-Luc Godard, the result might have been Diva.
The chase through the Paris Metro tunnels is as fascinating as anything put on celluloid.
A witty, playful intelligent film as enjoyable as it is influential.
Intelligent, gripping and slick French thriller.
What makes 'Diva' memorable, is the sheer fun, fun, fun of the whole, with its sly homage to directors, styles and genres.
One of the most exciting feature debuts, Beineix's film is a rare work, generic yet personal, arty and commercial, an exquisitely shot and edited picture that reminds us why we fell in love with movies in the first place.
--- a drama/thriller that is also quite funny ---this is the first film in which I truly realized the importance of cinematography.
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