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I couldn't finish this film. It was dull and lifeless, and although a lot of people have written glowing reviews of it, I can't understand why. Maybe it's the culture gap, as most of those who like this peculiar French film seem to have French-sounding names.
Ostensibly this is a black comedy, but after more than an hour without a laugh I gave up. I thought maybe the problem was the English version had been poorly dubbed, so I tried the subtitles for a while. Although the text is somewhat different from the dubbed dialog, the essence is much the same, the dubbing is not the problem.
Although I couldn't finish the film, I do know the end of the story from reading the reviews of others. If there had been anything of interest in the first hour and a few minutes, I'd have stuck it out.
Skip it, is my reccomendation.
Gary
Ostensibly this is a black comedy, but after more than an hour without a laugh I gave up. I thought maybe the problem was the English version had been poorly dubbed, so I tried the subtitles for a while. Although the text is somewhat different from the dubbed dialog, the essence is much the same, the dubbing is not the problem.
Although I couldn't finish the film, I do know the end of the story from reading the reviews of others. If there had been anything of interest in the first hour and a few minutes, I'd have stuck it out.
Skip it, is my reccomendation.
Gary