Reviews

I found this movie immeasurably boring, awkward, stilted, pretentious, self-involved...did I say boring--despite the fact that Bardot is naked fro at least 20 percent of the film? This in itself is an achievement! I like some of Godard's other films, especially Alphaville, but I really don't think this movie deserves the acclaim it has received on its own merits. I tend to like challenging cinema so it wasn't for lack of effort on my part, I've watched it through twice and still found little to hold my interest, just lots of posing and an unaccountably messed up relationship. What was the problem with those two? There was no emotional depth plumbed at all, can Bardot even really act? It was as if just putting her in the film and setting her in pretty poses would be enough. What's the word I'm looking for here...narcissistic? Yes, this movie is utterly narcissistic and therefore uninteresting, at least to me. Perhaps some find style-and-no-substance worthwhile. Not my cuppa tea is all I'm saying.