Somehow, this film set my world in order again. I don't like French films, but then, stuff like "Amélie" or "Le pacte des loups" came along - one a perfect movie, one a very entertaining one. And they were French. Could this be? Would the French finally make good movies?
So I went to see "Trouble Every Day" because Beatrice Dalle is in it, because it sort of deals with Vampires - and because some women fainted in the Cannes audience. Always a good sign. But, alas, "Trouble Every Day" is the worst movie I've seen this year so far. And I see a *lot* of films. It's perhaps the only movie which makes sex and violence look boring. Imagine that!
First of all it's boring. Nothing happens. A man lights a cigarette. A man buys a dog. Stuff like this fills about 80 minutes of the movie. Most of it is utterly pointless. The graphic scenes are graphic indeed. I'll discuss one in length (Spoilers): The camera crawls around the chest of a young man. We see every hair, every pimple. It's nice for some time to see a camera analyze human skin but it goes on forever. Then comes the sex scene. Raunchy. Slightly erotic (the people in this movie are ugly. Not much eroticism there. Yes, even Dull, sorry Dalle looks bad) - and then lots of blood. And screams. I had to laugh. Those screams were amazing. First piercing, but then only laughable. And again, it goes on forever.
Well, I could go on forever too, but I should come to a point: "Trouble Every Day" belongs to those movies that THINK they are so amazingly clever and artsy - but actually are only tedious, shallow and stupid. "Trouble Every Day" thinks it's better than your average horror movie, it thinks it lifts the erotic vampire theme to another level. Yes, to the level of utter boredom.
Avoid this movie at all cost. It's a sleeping pill. Watch a porn movie (for the sex) and a good horror movie (for the blood). You'll get more out of it. Just don't let yourself be lured to the idea that this movie has something to say, that it's deep. If you have to watch a Denis-movie, stick to "Beau travail" which is very good.
Rating: 1/10 ... vive la France.
So I went to see "Trouble Every Day" because Beatrice Dalle is in it, because it sort of deals with Vampires - and because some women fainted in the Cannes audience. Always a good sign. But, alas, "Trouble Every Day" is the worst movie I've seen this year so far. And I see a *lot* of films. It's perhaps the only movie which makes sex and violence look boring. Imagine that!
First of all it's boring. Nothing happens. A man lights a cigarette. A man buys a dog. Stuff like this fills about 80 minutes of the movie. Most of it is utterly pointless. The graphic scenes are graphic indeed. I'll discuss one in length (Spoilers): The camera crawls around the chest of a young man. We see every hair, every pimple. It's nice for some time to see a camera analyze human skin but it goes on forever. Then comes the sex scene. Raunchy. Slightly erotic (the people in this movie are ugly. Not much eroticism there. Yes, even Dull, sorry Dalle looks bad) - and then lots of blood. And screams. I had to laugh. Those screams were amazing. First piercing, but then only laughable. And again, it goes on forever.
Well, I could go on forever too, but I should come to a point: "Trouble Every Day" belongs to those movies that THINK they are so amazingly clever and artsy - but actually are only tedious, shallow and stupid. "Trouble Every Day" thinks it's better than your average horror movie, it thinks it lifts the erotic vampire theme to another level. Yes, to the level of utter boredom.
Avoid this movie at all cost. It's a sleeping pill. Watch a porn movie (for the sex) and a good horror movie (for the blood). You'll get more out of it. Just don't let yourself be lured to the idea that this movie has something to say, that it's deep. If you have to watch a Denis-movie, stick to "Beau travail" which is very good.
Rating: 1/10 ... vive la France.