GenXGirl’s Film Reviews

509 Films have been rated or reviewed by GenXGirl.

Post Coitum (1997): Diane, a married professional, enters into an affair with a man 20–years younger. Her husband, a defence lawyer, turns a blind eye hoping the affair will end. Compelling, at times comic, and thoroughly French.; Poster (F) $9.95
Assassin(s) (1997): An elderly hitman ready to retire passes his skills (and code of ethics) on to a younger successor, a 25–year–old Max, who's years of television watching & video gaming have dulled his emotions. Violent, but artfully shot and well worth a look.
Three Colours: Red (1994): Irene is a beautiful, but sad, young model who rescues the dog of embittered retired judge – who listens in to his neighbours conversations through electronic surveillance. An emotionally engaging story that cleverly concludes the trilogy.
Three Colours: White (1994): A Polish hairdresser leaves Paris, with no money or possessions, after his wife divorces him. Returning to his home country, the new democratic Poland, his fortunes improve and he schemes his revenge. An intelligent comedy – just fabulous.
Three Colours: Blue (1993): Julie's famous composer husband and their daughter are killed in a car crash. Greif–stricken she moves to Paris and withdraws from the world, and slowly discovers a web of lies as the secret life of her husband begins to unravel. Quite spellbinding.
Pure Formality, A (Una pura formalità) (1996): A deranged man is picked up running through the woods during a violent stormy night & taken to police where he claims to be a famous writer. He, and the interrogating inspector, face off over what becomes a gripping murder mystery. Completely riveting.
Tous Les Matins Du Monde (All the Mornings of the World) (1991): A ravishing 17th Century detailed portrait of two masterful musicians, whose love for their craft become intertwined with their love for women and life itself. It truly is a visual feast, both for the eyes & the ears. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
Cyrano De Bergerac (1990): A sword–wielding poet Cyrano, equipped with a massive nose and a broken heart to match, must lend his words of love to another man to woo the woman he yearns for. An exhilarating, witty, lavishly filmed classic – not to be missed.; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $18.70
Triplets of Belleville, The (Belleville Rendezvous) (2003): A cyclist is kidnapped from the Tour de France by mysterious gangsters, and his grandmother travels to the city of Belleville where she tracks him down with the help of a musical trio. Just magical, a real treasure.
Return, The (Vozvrashcheniye) (2003): The father of two Russian boys suddenly returns home after a 12–year absence – their only memory of him, an old photograph. When he takes them on holiday, each boy reacts differently to his unsettling & stern demeanor. Riveting & emotional, must–see.

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