I saw THE NEW GIRLFRIEND at the Toronto International Film Festival. I think its director (Francois Ozon) was afraid to show it at Cannes for fear of being booed. This is a genuinely terrible work of kitchen sink drama that is not worthy of being played on the LIFETIME Network. It is exaggerated, clichéd, politically correct garbage. I hated this film, and have given up on Ozon forever. The only redeeming part of the movie is a great performance by Anais Demoustier, who does a nice job playing a bored housewife whose life is turned upside down by the death of her best friend from childhood. Romain Duris's performance is rather boring, with endless repetition of the same notes over and over again. Not a single note of this film feels genuine. It is totally contrived. I hope French moviegoers will AVOID this film at the Box Office.
Review of The New Girlfriend
