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3.0
type Music Current Status In Season performer Diane Schuur Producers GRP genre Jazz We gave it a B+ Boy loves girl and sings about it, boy loses girl ..
EW
1.5
Conceived by Honore as a tribute to a dead friend, the helmer is perhaps too close to his subject, never quite able to bring himself to linger on the ..
Variety
1.7
The songs are poor, the faddishness (folk parading books passim, la Godard) and Garrels performance are irritating, and only Chiara Mastroianni as a g ..
Time Out
3.8
The love affairs of the films characters arent merely expressions of fluid sexual desire but an acknowledgement of the interconnectedness of human lif ..
5.0
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3.8
Sagnier is extraordinary as she delivers a tightly reined performance barely disguising emotional turmoil beneath the surface.
San Francisco Chronicle
4.0
Sensitively using song to express grief, passion and ennui, this is a cineastes delight.
2.5
Director Sam Garbarski must like his early Neil Jordan and Stephen Frears, since Irina Palm plays like a throwback to gritty but softhearted English d ..
Ny Daily News
4.4
A bittersweet trifle one can conceivably fall in love with, and Honores best film so far.
Tv Guide
3.0
It lacks the full richness of aThe Umbrellas of Cherbourga where every word is done in music lyrics .
2.5
Writer/directors Hae jun Lee and Hae yeong Lee have infused Like a Virgin with a slow and uneventful sensibility thats nothing short of disastrous, as ..
Reel Film Reviews
4.0
But the lyrical filmmaking beautifully captures the elusive complexity of love.
Shadows On The Wall
2.0
Similarly, the songs are unimaginatively staged and after the novelty wears off, they dont really seem to add anything to the film at least until the ..
View London
3.0
As this quasi fantastical, whimsical, sometimes silly but often warm tale unfolds, the characters intermittently burst into gentle ballads to express ..
Film Journal International ..
3.8
Its a long story, but his persistence pays off, for us at least, with a final shot that, as far as the movies go, is both audacious and romantically a ..
Boston
4.5
Not quite a musical everybody sings, but in intimate settings, not skipping and dancing through huge production numbers this is more a long form music ..
3.0
A cinema without musicals is a collective loss, and the movies failure proves the need to never stop trying.
Emanuellevy
4.5
This inexpressibly tender and lovely picture suggests that developing into a major talent, one who can make the spirit of classic French movies come a ..
Salon
4.0
Ultimately, however, despite a fine pedigree, this film never quite reaches the needed crescendo, and unlike Demys classic it doesnt leave you crying ..
Flim List
4.0
A swift follow up to Dans Paris by the French writer/director Christophe Honore, Love Songs is a charming contemporary musical, in which the actors no ..
Bbc
3.5
Whereas Umbrellas of Cherbourg has become timeless in its depiction of romance, Love Songs strikes a strongly contemporary note in its calm acceptance ..
Calendar Live
3.0
For lovers of slapstick who have been waiting for the movie that dares to distinguish an otherwise forgettable character with a Woody Woodpecker laugh ..
Seattle Pi
1.3
Look, the real wonder of WW84 is that this maybe isnt the worst thing about it.
Film Freak Central
5.0
If you love really French films, youll likely adore Christophe Honores pop musical follow up to Dans Paris.
Oregon Live
3.0
An entertaining view of love in Paris becomes a compelling story of dealing with its loss.
Boxoffice Magazine
1.5
Honor is not without talent, but Love Songs adds up to considerably less than the sum of its references.
La Weekly
2.5
Why make a movie about bohemian swingers, if all youre going to serve up is the French equivalent of a Broadway musical
News Blaze
2.0
Its a story which Honor describes as personal, so we must assume that there is some truth at least in the premise. But the decision to set the story t ..
Entertainment Times Online ..
2.0
You need a sweet tooth for this kind of thing and Garrel really is turning into the most irritating actor in the world, hyperactively clowning around ..
Film Guardian
4.0
The terrific credit sequence sets the tone and the movie almost catches up.
East Bay Express
4.0
It is an erotic narrative whose characters express their innermost feelings in bursts of song, but it never sacrifices its heartfelt, often painful mo ..
Film4
4.0
But the ease with which the songsand the inner worlds they invokearise out of the characters emotions is exhilarating.
Ny Mag
4.5
... writer director Christophe Honor ... fashions a 14 song musical about love and loss.
Vulture
1.5
The story of a young man with a flexible sexual imagination is marred by an annoying central character and by the superficiality of the songs.
Compuserve
3.5
LOVE SONGS Written & Directed by Christophe Honore Produced by Paulo Branco Director of Photography, Remy Chevrin Edited by Chantal Hymans Music & ..
Film Forward
2.0
Would actually have worked, and been better off, in my opinion, if it didnt feature any of its 14 songs at all.
Cinematical
4.4
Offers a feast for the mind and the heart, overwhelming the senses and transporting us into its delicately constructed rhythms.
From the Front Row
3.0
Basically a beautiful, sophisticated soap opera punctuated by the occasional musical number
Deep Focus
4.5
Love Songs is recommended if sometimes slight and lacking the directorial sleight of hand that makes a great film.
Mubi
2.0
Stylish, but that doesnt really make up for the drifting plot, or the lack of insight and conviction.
Independent (UK)
4.5
Are the characters completely believable No. Are the feelings the characters talk and sing about pinpointed with a precision that seems to have become ..
european-films.net
2.5
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