The Man of My Life (2007)

Too much emphasis is placed on wall text that swirls around like the worst Magnetic Poetry.

Despite good acting and intriguing theme, attraction of married hetero to his gay neighbor, the film feels familiar, from its countryside setting to stereotypical treatment of the homosexual; French title, Man of Her Life, is more accurate and ironic, too

Despite good acting and intriguing theme, attraction of a married hetero to his single gay neighbor, film feels minor and familiar, from the countryside setting to the stereotypical charcaters; French title (Man of Her Life) is more accurate and ironic

Director Zabou Breitman, who co-wrote the screenplay, maintains intrigue by regularly cutting back to scenes from the overnight conversation between Frederic and Hugo, adding new insights to the growing friendship.

It is the unique pleasures to be found in The Man of My Life that are what linger.

...felt like making a discovery...

Although the actors try gamely, they cannot fully rescue THE MAN OF MY LIFE from its flaws. There's a germ of a very good idea in the screenplay, but I just don't feel that the writers fully grasped what they were undertaking.

There is a terrific film hiding away in these two hours of good (but not great) artistic melodrama.