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There aren't many surprises%u2014the characters end up more or less where we expect them to%u2014but it's useless and not at all fun to deny the simple pleasures of this film. Aug 8, 2009 | Full Review…
There aren't many surprises%u2014the characters end up more or less where we expect them to%u2014but it's useless and not at all fun to deny the simple pleasures of this film.
Leo Goldsmith
Director Christophe Van Rompaey has a script, of course, but much of what comes across so eloquently in this Flemish comedy of ill-manners is wordless. May 29, 2009 | Full Review…
Director Christophe Van Rompaey has a script, of course, but much of what comes across so eloquently in this Flemish comedy of ill-manners is wordless.
John Anderson
The movie just can't decide whether it likes romance or disdains it, whether it wants to be dark or bright. Apr 23, 2009 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
The movie just can't decide whether it likes romance or disdains it, whether it wants to be dark or bright.
Wesley Morris
As Matty, Sarafian is a marvel as she changes from a gray moth to a girlish butterfly, and Delnaet is delightful as the slightly dangerous Johnny. Mar 19, 2009 | Rating: 3/4
As Matty, Sarafian is a marvel as she changes from a gray moth to a girlish butterfly, and Delnaet is delightful as the slightly dangerous Johnny.
Joe Williams
A splendid little offbeat love story, Moscow, Belgium is a near-quintessential foreign art-house film: smart, sweet, intriguing, well-made and emotionally familiar while still unique. Mar 6, 2009 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
A splendid little offbeat love story, Moscow, Belgium is a near-quintessential foreign art-house film: smart, sweet, intriguing, well-made and emotionally familiar while still unique.
Tom Long
Few films tackle the question of whether a man with a history of domestic violence can learn to love again -- and fewer still do it in a subtly comedic and charming way. Feb 27, 2009 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Few films tackle the question of whether a man with a history of domestic violence can learn to love again -- and fewer still do it in a subtly comedic and charming way.
Justin Berton
Barbara Sarafian provides a full-bodied portrait of mature female strength as a mother named Matty in Moscow, Belgium. Jun 12, 2009 | Rating: 3/4
Barbara Sarafian provides a full-bodied portrait of mature female strength as a mother named Matty in Moscow, Belgium.
Michael Sragow
The film's portrait of a middle-class family and its daily clashes, both major and minor, is spot-on. May 28, 2009
The film's portrait of a middle-class family and its daily clashes, both major and minor, is spot-on.
Tricia Olszewski
There's nothing special about the story in Moscow, Belgium. But the lead performance? Very special. Apr 17, 2009 | Rating: 2.5/4
There's nothing special about the story in Moscow, Belgium. But the lead performance? Very special.
Chris Hewitt
...a terrific vehicle for Sarafian, an actress who proves that middle age can still be intriguing and sexy. Apr 13, 2009 | Rating: B | Full Review…
...a terrific vehicle for Sarafian, an actress who proves that middle age can still be intriguing and sexy.
Laura Clifford
Moscow, Belgium feels not only like a movie from another culture but from another world. Apr 9, 2009 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Moscow, Belgium feels not only like a movie from another culture but from another world.
Josh Rosenblatt
A European-style chick flick where all the women are wonderful and the men jerks. Unlike the American genre, this is one men can actually sit through and enjoy Mar 12, 2009 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
A European-style chick flick where all the women are wonderful and the men jerks. Unlike the American genre, this is one men can actually sit through and enjoy
Tony Medley
An interesting take on the old romantic comedy formula, that follows the playbook fairly faithfully. But still, the idea of a younger man and an older woman as played by these actors made it work for this viewer. Both Matty (Barbara Sarafian) and Johnny (Jurgen Delnaet) are volatile characters and when these two collide (literally) sparks definitely fly. Matty's husband has been shacking up with his 22 year-old lover, but isn't willing to cut his ties to Matty. And Johnny is a recovering alcoholic who has been in trouble with the law in the past. Matty seems caught between a rock and a hard place and whenever she seems ready to choose which direction to move, complications arise. This viewer was deeply invested in seeing Matty find the happy life she once swore she would have. A solid supporting cast and a solid story helped but I credit the two main actors on a terrific performance.
Super Reviewer
A disillusioned 40-ish mother of three is battling with a husband who wants to leave their family, indeed, has already left, when she meet a charming truck driver with a very ugly past. A romantic comedy with bad teeth as neither of these characters are of Hollywood-lite stereotypes, but their flaws are what make this a different movie, a realer one.
Not often I got to see a good Belgium movie, but this one was new fresh and funny. Matty, a frustrated mother of three who has been abandoned by her husband for a younger girl and who not only wondered what her life was all about but mostly what the future holds in for her now that she had reached 41. Her encounter with a trucker Johnny during a traffic accident made a turning point in her life. Johnny felt attracted to Matty who was 12 years older then him. As the story unfold we learned that Johnny had a past and drinking problems and that what made the story more interesting. Barbara Sarafian's portrayal of Matty was excellent.She was a real woman,she cared about her age, her looks, her responsibilities, her future and her feelings.Jurgen Delnaet who played Johnny succeeded brilliantly in portraying the trucker in search of a strong woman who will guide him on his way.The dialog was natural and so was acting of the whole cast.
[font=Century Gothic]In "Moscow, Belgium," Matty(Barbara Sarafian), a 41-year old postal worker, is going through a rough patch lately. Her husband Werner's(Johan Heldenbergh) midlife crisis is manifesting by him shacking up with Gail, a 22-year old former student, leaving her to take care of her three teenaged kids on her own. Peter(Julian Borsani) is off in a world of his own, dreaming of becoming an airplane pilot. Fien(Sofia Ferri) is training to become a fortune teller. And the eldest, Vera(Anemone Valcke), is nowhere to be seen. So, it is little surprise that the best thing that has happened to Matty in the last five and a half months is to back her car into a truck at the local supermarket, for no other reason then its driver Johnny(Jurgen Delnaet) being a charming, handsome and younger man. Granted, he is on a first name basis with the local police...[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]"Moscow, Belgium" is a likable, if predictable, romantic drama with an overdone mustard analogy. The central point is that we all deserve a little happiness in our lives. That having been said, events move too quickly in the movie and Johnny is introduced to Matty's family much sooner than is probably responsible. While Matty is in the right compared to her husband, her decision does not necessarily have to come down to two choices. Maybe Vera has the right idea?[/font]
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