Brilliantly idiosyncratic and insightful, the warmest film of this great director's career.
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01/01/00
L'Atalante (1934)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:23
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.7/10
Runtime: 87 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Considered by critics to be one of the 20th century's best films, L'ATALANTE is the final work of French director Jean Vigo's (ZERO FOR CONDUCT) tragically brief, but brilliant career. After their... [More]
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Reviews for L'Atalante
The action is episodic and diffuse but Michel Simon, as the dour and cat-loving barge hand lends a bit of comic relief to the pallidly poetic proceedings.
05/20/03
A favorite of film buffs for decades.
01/01/00
This quiet little French number is a gossamer confection, but for a film of its era, it's gorgeous to look at.
06/16/05
No review available.
10/05/06
A landmark of French cinema and one of the most beloved film romances.
04/13/06
One can't help but mourn the films an even more mature, capable and confident Vigo might have made had not TB cut him down at the tender age of 29
04/07/07
Vigo has created a dreamworld, which makes his film an out of this world cinematic experience.
01/01/00
This makes it a film that can be both appreciated by cineastes and enjoyed by anyone looking for a good romance story.
05/24/03
There is much playfulness and poetry, such visual riches.
01/01/00
Top CriticBlending naturalism and surrealism, this is a work of unique poetic power, a masterpiece that anticipated neo-realism by a decade; the fact that it's Vigo sole completed feature doesn't lessen his status as one of the world's greatest filmmakers.
01/24/07
Stands as one of the most beautiful and rich celebrations of human connection in the history of cinema.
04/22/03
Originally released in 1934, Jean Vigo’s first and only full-length feature is one of the cinema’s greatest masterpieces.
06/24/06
Rapt, exuberant and as fragile as mist, this passionate tone poem drifts in its own bubble of oddly dissonant, almost fatalistic romanticism.
01/01/00
Top CriticA poignant story of love's labor's lost for several dire hours in the streets of Paris, a work which is considered by top critics to be among the top hundred films of the twentieth century, a classic of the genre.
01/01/00
L'Atalante is the world in springtime -- a place where shimmering reflections, smoky breezes, empty streets, and a free-floating sense of erotic energy are the essence of life and of movies.
01/01/00
Top CriticA cine-poem ode to the rhythms of life and love set on a barge travelling along the Seine, Jean Vigo's L'Atalante stands as one of cinema's indisputable masterpieces.
04/19/05
Even with this limited output, Vigo remains one of the cinema's great masters.
01/01/00
A major inspiration to subsequent generations of filmmakers, yet no one has ever succeeded in matching it.
07/24/07
Top CriticThis 1934 French classic is a work of enduring poetry that has launched a thousand other movies.
03/10/03
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