Wim Wenders’ 3D snoozefest The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez is not a good movie. It’s not a good movie, and at the same time, it doesn’t fail so spectacularly so to provide a compelling secondary reading.
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez(Les beaux jours d’Aranjuez)
France, Germany, Portugal · 2016
1h 37m
Director Wim Wenders
Starring Reda Kateb, Sophie Semin, Jens Harzer, Nick Cave
Genre Drama
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A man and a woman share their musings on love and freedom one summer night. The couple’s conversation meanders through memories, unspoken desires and passion through poetic dialogue.
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The Hollywood Reporter by Deborah Young
As lovely to look at, relaxing and soporific as the perfect summer day sung by David Bowie at the beginning of the film, Wim Wenders’ The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez scatters some nice ideas amid non-stop French dialogue that only speed readers of subtitles will be able to follow fully.
'Aranjeuz” has less of a pulse than the already inert “Every Thing Will Be Fine."
It's all so random and the 3D Kodachrome colours, poised performances and careful framing can't disguise the fact that The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez has very little to say.
Screen International by Lee Marshall
Some moments of poetry and emotional truth lurk in among the pretentious high grass. But the sometimes baffling dialogue is a serious subtitle endurance test for non French-speaking audiences.
The Film Stage by Rory O'Connor
While often a bit of a slog, the film is not without a sense of humor, and the director still knows how to execute a sharp surrealist flourish from time to time.
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