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Masculin Feminin (1966)

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Reviews Counted:33

Fresh:31

Rotten:2

Average Rating:8.5/10

Consensus: A '60s time capsule stuffed with ideas about politics, pop culture, and the battle of the sexes, Masculine-Feminine is one of Godard's classic black-and-white films.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Feb 11, 2005 Limited

Synopsis: A film about "the children of Marx and Coca Cola" directed by the child of Brecht and Hollywood, MASCULINE-FEMININE is a touchstone in the career of Jean-Luc Godard, a window into the kinetic world... A film about "the children of Marx and Coca Cola" directed by the child of Brecht and Hollywood, MASCULINE-FEMININE is a touchstone in the career of Jean-Luc Godard, a window into the kinetic world of Paris in the 1960s, and a high point in the cinema of the French New Wave. It chronicles the love affair between Paul (Jean-Pierre Leaud), a young zealot with revolutionary leanings, and Madeleine (Chantal Goya), a fetching pop singer. Their relationship gradually breaks down as the two attempt to bridge their differences, albeit unsuccessfully (he likes Bob Dylan, she is only interested in the top 40). Along the way, they discuss current world culture and politics with their friends, and encounter a variety of bizarre individuals who only serve to exacerbate the youthful confusion of both Paul and Madeleine. One of Godard's most insightful films, MASCULINE-FEMININE represents a search for tenderness, and is, at the same time, an unsettling illumination of the Battle of the Sexes. By casting legitimate pop sensation Goya in the lead role, Godard threatened to date his film, taking into account the speed with which pop singers are replaced. Luckily for him, Goya is an engaging screen presence whose mere appearance is enough to keep things interesting. [More]

Starring: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Chantal Goya, Catherine-Isabelle Duport

Starring: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Chantal Goya, Catherine-Isabelle Duport

Director: Jean-Luc Godard

Director: Jean-Luc Godard

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08/05/06
Josh Ralske
Josh Ralske
All Movie Guide

For all the doubt and acrid aphorisms, despite the gunfire that interrupts the soundtrack, and the playful, random death that flits around the edges, there's an indestructible core of romanticism.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
03/11/05
Ty Burr
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/02/05
Boston Phoenix

An excellent film, still as fresh as the day it was made.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
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Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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You can appreciate Godard's vigorous early visual style.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
04/14/05
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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One of the quintessential '60s foreign art films, a bizarre melange of pop music, revolution, sex, movie allusions and poetry.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
04/14/05
Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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Masterly by any measure.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
02/10/05
David Sterritt
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor

No one was ever better at collecting a hodgepodge of ideas and making them work as a cohesive whole, as the voice of one hyper-intelligent, constantly frustrated commentator.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

This is the Godard that fans would like to take to the grave: jaundiced, naughty, immediate, very much alive.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
05/05/05
Chris Vognar
Chris Vognar
Dallas Morning News
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May not have aged any better than Godard's other films of the period, but that doesn't mean Paul and company don't continue to ask questions and spout the opinions of the newly enlightened.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
10/14/05
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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Don't call it a 'classic.' This is a classic, but to use that word makes it sound like something good for you that's really bland or hard to swallow.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
02/11/05
E! Online

Jean-Luc Godard’s1966 masterpiece, Masculine-Feminine, is a must-see for all film lovers. Godard was the most brilliant and innovative French New Wave director.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
02/14/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Masculine, Feminine may not equal some of Godard's prior films but while it does revisit many of his usual themes it is noteworthy for being an intriguing dissection of where he, himself, fits into the picture.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
08/16/05
Greg Bellavia
Greg Bellavia
Film Threat

This is take-no-prisoners cinema by an artist too honest to exempt himself from its scalding gaze.

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02/09/05
Jay Antani
Jay Antani
Filmcritic.com

There's a seductive immediacy to all this… despite the film's obvious satiric touches, you come away from it with a vivid impression of a time and place and the people who inhabited it.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | comment Comment
09/02/05
Robert W. Butler
Robert W. Butler
Kansas City Star

A withering satire.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
02/10/05
David Chute
David Chute
L.A. Weekly

...a crucial, though not very satisfying, transitional work...

Full Review Source: Los Angeles CityBeat | comment Comment
04/07/05
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

To reappraise it after nearly 40 years only brings a richer appreciation of Godard's subtlety, sly humor and depth of perception, and his gift for melding nonchalance and profundity.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
02/10/05
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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The kaleidoscopic film's meandering mirrors the uncertainty of that restless, tumultuous era.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
07/28/05
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune

Not to be missed.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
02/10/05
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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