For a picture about the fantastic and supernatural, it's a surprisingly flat and unmagical affair.
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11/12/07
The Story of Marie and Julien (2003)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:6
Rotten:6
Average Rating:5/10
Synopsis: Acclaimed French director Jacques Rivette (GANG OF FOUR) helms this offbeat look at love and relationships. Marie (Emmanuelle Béart) is the object of affection for clock repair man Julien (Jerzy... [More]
Starring: Emmanuelle Beart, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Anne Brochet
Director: Jacques Rivette
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All the story's power is allowed to leak away by the deliberative heaviness with which Rivette pads through his 150-minute narrative, with its exasperating lack of dramatic emphasis.
11/12/07
An intellectually dazzling but slow-moving, dreary and somewhat pretentious chamberwork.
10/10/06
Far from bad, but academic and -- for once with this director -- overlong.
06/24/06
After a healthy start, pretentiousness lets down a promising premise, and the film just runs out of ticker.
04/01/06
One of Rivette's most straightforward and intriguing works, and one of his most successful narratives.
10/06/05
Insistent minimalism--not everyone's expectations since "The Sixth Sense" but sighting of the Beart body creates an effect of its own.
08/07/05
It's just dull.
09/18/04
Although slow-moving and slightly muted in its emotional pay-off, the film is distinguished by a carefully layered performance from the impressive Béart, who subtly conveys Marie's other-worldly detachment and her human vulnerability.
09/18/04
["The Story of Marie and Julien"] is lovely to look at, gorgeously photographed by William Lubchansky.... But, the film never stirred my core.
11/10/03
Rivette, working from a story he developed with Pascal Bonitzer and Christine Laurent, ushers us slyly toward an ending that surprises and provokes, yet offers the possibility of love reborn.
11/05/03
Top CriticRivette's glacial film creates a unique world of dulled Parisian blues and grays, exemplified by the fabulous production design and art direction.
11/04/03
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