Based on the Danish film "Queen of Hearts", Catherine Breillat's French remake carries strong performances, gorgeous camerawork and interesting themes that the original didn't offer and personally, I think I like this one better.
Filmmaker Catherine Breillat is a risky yet talented filmmaker who has made some very controversial movies in the past which some I have enjoyed. As for the original film, I thought it was decent but it didn't really wow me. This remake does offer some new concepts, changes and ideas which as a whole, it's new perspectives and vision of the film makes an uncomfortable yet intriguing watch.
Throughout, the production, colors, costumes, sound designs, and setting is pretty good. Breillat still carries on with her directing style and provides an interesting style. The narrative explores themes about taboo relationships, conflicts, hypocritics, grooming, and eroticism which many of the themes and ideas were explored pretty well. With Breillat, there are extremely uncomfortable moments that are bizarre and weird but done unintentionally to grasp the themes and setting. By using those moments, it helps to capture the dynamics and main purposes of the narrative.
The performances from the cast members are really good with the two main lead providing strong chemistry and dialogue between one another. The characters have interesting merit as the characters personalities, views, and depth changes overtime and while certain character developments feel a bit messy, seeing the characters shift throughout was interesting.
The soundtrack is solid. The pacing does struggle as certain moments were a bit way too slow. But as a whole, it is an interesting new vision. I can see people would be really hating this movie but I personally think it's great.
Filmmaker Catherine Breillat is a risky yet talented filmmaker who has made some very controversial movies in the past which some I have enjoyed. As for the original film, I thought it was decent but it didn't really wow me. This remake does offer some new concepts, changes and ideas which as a whole, it's new perspectives and vision of the film makes an uncomfortable yet intriguing watch.
Throughout, the production, colors, costumes, sound designs, and setting is pretty good. Breillat still carries on with her directing style and provides an interesting style. The narrative explores themes about taboo relationships, conflicts, hypocritics, grooming, and eroticism which many of the themes and ideas were explored pretty well. With Breillat, there are extremely uncomfortable moments that are bizarre and weird but done unintentionally to grasp the themes and setting. By using those moments, it helps to capture the dynamics and main purposes of the narrative.
The performances from the cast members are really good with the two main lead providing strong chemistry and dialogue between one another. The characters have interesting merit as the characters personalities, views, and depth changes overtime and while certain character developments feel a bit messy, seeing the characters shift throughout was interesting.
The soundtrack is solid. The pacing does struggle as certain moments were a bit way too slow. But as a whole, it is an interesting new vision. I can see people would be really hating this movie but I personally think it's great.