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Critics Consensus: From the Land of the Moon benefits from striking visuals and strong work from Marion Cotillard, but they're both ultimately overcome by a story that drifts into wan melodrama.
Critic Consensus: From the Land of the Moon benefits from striking visuals and strong work from Marion Cotillard, but they're both ultimately overcome by a story that drifts into wan melodrama.
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Almost laughable in its broad, empty portrayal of sexual desire.
Moments of visual beauty only call attention to the stilted dialogue and maudlin plot that otherwise define the film.
Garcia never gets a grasp on her protagonist's contradictions, or those of her story - certainly not enough to pull off the movie's jaw-dropper of a twist.
The story could have used a little less Under the Tuscan Sun and a little more All That Heaven Allows.
From the Land of the Moon could have been a story of a woman's maturation, or a relationship's evolution. Instead, it just moons about love so lost that it may never have existed at all.
[A] mostly turgid, occasionally risible period piece ...
Do not be afraid that it's a French Film, do not be afraid that it's a love movie. It's a film that invites you in with its images and the powerful moral it entails. Do not miss. [Full Review in Spanish]
It's difficult to imagine how this film would have been without the presence of the actress of La Vie en Rose and Two days, One Night. [Full review in Spanish]
A surprise late-picture twist fails to ring true and isn't all that surprising, anyway.
The mistakes of From the Land of the Moon are wide-ranging, but they all start with a character who's not worth our time.
Instead of any meaningful exploration of mental illness, the film exploits the affliction of its protagonist for a meandering romantic melodrama with an unconvincing final-act twist.
Marion Cotillard is in over her head working to save a tedious screenplay that depends too much on her character alone.
Marion Cotillard composes her character with enough sensitivity to prevent her from becoming insufferable in her selfishness, managing to make us feel sympathy for a pitiful woman who is in desperate need to surrender to her sexual urges and a love that will consume her.
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