Reviews by johanlefourbe

How the hell did I actually ended up watching this flick?!? Indeed, I seriously despised the first installment and even though it was a massive success in France, I thought it was easily one of the most overrated movies ever produced so I should probably have avoided this sequel. The whole story was, in fact, that I was able to buy the 1st three movies on DVD and they were just 1 euro for each so I thought I might give this franchise a second chance after all. Well, the 2nd time around, I still hated it the first installment and this sequel was not really better or worse, I'm afraid. The worst thing about this flick, in my opinion, was how Marion Cotillard, probably the best French actress of the last decade, was completely wasted here. Indeed, she was probably the only redeeming feature in this whole franchise and, here,  she was basically stuck at home waiting the whole freaking day that the lead character would come back. I mean, seriously?!? That's the best thing they could come up with for her? Anyway, after all these years, I still cannot understand how these movies got so popular in France. It really blows my mind. To conclude, in my opinion,  it is in fact some real garbage and you should definitely avoid it.

Basically, there was a time when I would go to a video game shop (which is now closed) and I would buy there on a regular basis 5 DVDs for 5 euros and, sometimes, since I would be missing 1 DVD, I would pick up pretty much anything at random just to reach 5 movies. Anyway, following this amazing process, I ended up watching some rather obscure movies and this one was definitely one of them. First of all, even though Sharon Stone was displayed prominently on all the promotional material, she had a rather small supporting part but, at least, this movie was definitely one of the best she did during her otherwise rather underwhelming career. Indeed, even though the whole thing was nothing really groundbreaking, it thought it was actually pretty good. Above all, I enjoyed a lot the performances provided by the two boys. In fact, I have to admit it that the story was nothing really amazing but those two boys were so good, they made the whole thing really emotional and actually quite beautiful to watch.To conclude, it was nothing great but it was still a decent watch and it is definitely worth a look.

Following the failure that was ‘Superman Returns’ (in my opinion, it wasn’t really so bad, especially if you compare it to something really awful like the recent ‘Fantastic Four’), it seems that both Bryan Singer and Kevin Spacey both managed to get away without much damage but you can't say the same for Brandon Routh and Kate Bosworth as their respective career apparently never really recovered from the blow. Concerning Bosworth, this movie was the first one she made afterwards and it was in fact a perfect example of what she would do in the following decade which was basically showing up in some really obscure and not really interesting indie features that barely anyone watched at all. I mean, coming back to our main feature, it was in fact not bad and I thought it was rather well made with a very good performance delivered by Sigourney Weaver. Unfortunately, the story was really not focused enough and, eventually, the whole thing didn’t know where to go, I’m afraid. This issue was above all really obvious with the end which was seriously underwhelming. To conclude, in spite of these flaws, it was still a decent watch and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 

I remember it quite well, at one of my previous jobs, I was discussing movies with a colleague and, according to him, I should really check some Danish movies, including this one. To be honest, I don’t think I was completely blown away like my colleague was but I thought it was still pretty good. Above all, the cast and especially Mads Mikkelsen and Ulrich Thomsen gave some very good performances and the directing was solid as well. Still, even though I wasn’t completely sold out, I still kept thinking about the damned thing many days afterwards. Indeed, when you watch a movie, and the least crazy character happens to be a neo-nazi, then you should know you're watching a really weird movie. Basically, this movie mixes drama and comedy all at the same time (apparently, most viewers seems to agree that it is in fact a black comedy), and I was sometimes laughing my ass off, especially when this priest was being really slaughtered by this neo-nazi character.. Weird, weird, weird... But in a good way. Unfortunately, I’m afraid that the end didn’t really work for me but, still, it was a very intriguing movie and it is definitely worth a look.

Nowadays, we don’t hear much from Michael Moore but there was a time when the guy was the most successful documentary maker in the world. Basically, it is with this movie that he got his breakthrough and, even though I always enjoyed his work, this movie was much better than anything he has ever done before or after his career. Indeed, the whole thing was just fascinating to behold and I would go as far as saying that it is pretty much my favorite documentary. I mean, sure, I’m well aware of the fact that Michael Moore has been accused of being dishonest and of manulating his material and, obviously, the whole thing was seriously biased but it didn't matter to me. More than a decade later, we still hear on a regular basis such horrible stories coming from the USA and, for most of the Europeans like me, it is rather difficult to understand why they are still attached to their antic gun laws after so many lives have been lost so pointlessly. Anyway, in my opinion, this movie is at the same time entertaining, moving and educating, I think it is a great achievement and by far the best movie delivered by Michael Moore.

I don’t know if you have noticed it but I tend to really random concerning the movies I watch and, rather often, I end up watching some really obscure features like this one (I was only the 2nd listal member who has rated the damned thing). In this case, the main reason I wanted to check it out was because such fine actors like Gabriel Byrne and William Hurt were involved but  even though they did a decent job, they couldn't prevent this movie from being really generic and above all rather boring. Basically, I have seen in the past too many movies with a similar plot before (the most obvious example would be ‘The Juror’ starring Demi Moore and Alec Baldwin and, to my surprise, it was released 2 years after this movie when I thought it was in fact the other way around). On top of that, when you think about it for a few minutes, it is clearly a rather preposterous concept, to be honest and, to make things worse, this flick didn't offer anything new or original. To conclude, I think I was rather generous with my rating here, I thought the whole thing was just plain average and it is definitely not  worth a look.

Basically, there was a time when I would go to a video game shop (which is now closed) and I would buy there on a regular basis 5 DVDs for 5 euros and, sometimes, since I would be missing 1 DVD, I would pick up pretty much anything at random just to reach 5 movies. Anyway, following this amazing process, I ended up watching some rather obscure movies and this one was definitely one of them. Indeed, I had no idea what to expect from this movie but since it was directed by Richard Attenborough, I was quite eager to check it out (it would be in fact his last directing effort and it is rather sad that such an acclaimed director would end up his career with a direct-to-DVD feature that was barely seen by anyone). Anyway,  even though it was nothing really ground-breaking,  I thought it was not bad at all. Indeed, this movie was well made and quite well acted but, unfortunately, the story was rather far-fetched. However, there was a rather impressive cast (Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Neve Campbell, Pete Postlethwaite, Mischa Barton) and, in my opinion, a movie directed by Richard Attenborough is always worth a look.