Baltimore Sun by Chris Kaltenbach
Come Undone would have benefited immensely from less constricted performances from Elkaim and Rideau, both of whom go through the film determined not to crack a smile.
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France, Belgium · 2000
1h 34m
Director Sébastien Lifshitz
Starring Jérémie Elkaïm, Stéphane Rideau, Dominique Reymond, Marie Matheron
Genre Drama, Romance
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Eighteen-year-old Mathieu vacations at the beach with his family when he meets local teen Cédric. After an extremely erotic kiss, the boys begin a passionate romance. Yet, as Mathieu grapples with his sexuality and copes with his sick mother, absent father and annoying sister, his bond with Cédric grows stronger until it bursts.
Baltimore Sun by Chris Kaltenbach
Come Undone would have benefited immensely from less constricted performances from Elkaim and Rideau, both of whom go through the film determined not to crack a smile.
New Times (L.A.) by David Ehrenstein
Charged by Rideau's amazingly sexy performance as the most forthright gay character put on screen to date, this is a fine piece of filmmaking.
Come Undone's true subject is, simply enough, the perspective-warping enormity of first love, as preserved in a scrapbook of before-and-after snapshots.
Philadelphia Inquirer by Desmond Ryan
A delicately managed piece that is by turns intimately detailed and elliptical, and that's an approach that suits the tangled emotions of its two protagonists.
San Francisco Chronicle by Edward Guthmann
The photography is strong, the performances sympathetic and the sex plentiful.
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
There isn't much here besides two self-absorbed kids.
New York Post by Jonathan Foreman
One of those French films whose makers won't lower themselves to tell a story in a way that is entertaining or compelling.
A moody, subtle drama that has more in common with the tragedy of "Endless Love" than "Where The Boys Are."
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
Brings maximum subtlety, nuance and insight into the timeless story of first love.
The elusive, quicksilver nature of young love is often reduced to crude simplicities by the movies, but director Sebastien Lifshitz and writing partner Stephane Bouquet have observed it with a superb balance of aesthetics and insight in Come Undone.
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