Light and inoffensive, it trades the intellectual rigor of Godard’s work for fluffy sentiments, but never gets crass. Above all else, it succeeds at transforming cinephile trivia into a genuine crowdpleaser.
Godard Mon Amour(Le Redoutable)
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France, Myanmar · 2017
Rated R · 1h 48m
Director Michel Hazanavicius
Starring Louis Garrel, Stacy Martin, Bérénice Bejo, Micha Lescot
Genre Drama, Romance, Comedy
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Based on the memoir of Anne Wiazemsky - actress, writer, and second wife of Jean-Luc Godard - "Godard Mon Amour" depicts a pivotal moment in the life of her famous filmaker husband, told against the turbulent background of late 1960s France. As the May 1968 protests cause France to descend into turmoil, Anne and Godard's relationship also heats up while working together on the set of Godard's film "La Chinoise."
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The A.V. Club by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
Though adapted from her memoirs, Godard Mon Amour dubiously minimizes her character. The most it offers is a depiction of a deteriorating marriage between a beautiful woman and an asshole who’s in the middle of a crisis of artistic conscience. And Godard already made one of those. It’s called "Contempt."
Garrel and Miller manage to create a credible chemistry.
Screen International by Jonathan Romney
It’s a dazzlingly executed, hugely enjoyable act of stylistic homage, but also the poignant story of a dysfunctional marriage and an insightful recreation of a critical and contradiction-ridden period of modern French history.
The Playlist by Nikola Grozdanovic
It’s all fun and games and one big, great joke as we watch the cantankerous Jean-Luc dismiss his admirers and spit on contemporary cinema, but it’s hard to praise Redoubtable as a great film once its final act comes around
A lightly audacious and fascinating movie (if not exactly one to warm your heart).
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
Michel Hazanavicius’s Redoubtable is a reasonably funny, moderately interesting movie, wearing its sprightly colourful pastiche like dry-cleaned retro couture.
The Film Stage by Rory O'Connor
It’s more Pastiche du Godard than Histoire(s) du Godard in Michel Hazanavicius’ Redoubtable and that’s not a bad thing.
Michel Hazanavicius co-opts Jean-Luc Godard's personal life for cheap prestige-picture sentiment.
The Hollywood Reporter by Todd McCarthy
Although the film manages some disarming insights into the man’s complex makeup and difficult behavior, a service enhanced by Louis Garrel’s very good lead performance, serious cinephiles will likely reject it as glib and disrespectful, while more mainstream viewers could be amused but not that interested.
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