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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
One of the most compelling thrillers I've seen in a long time. Now fifteen years old, I do not believe this film has dated by a single second. It is also a love story, full of emotional tension and confusion. A visit to a jeweler provides a metaphor of three rings, leading to an ever-tightening mystery. Who is trying to outwit whom?
The relentless pace is fuelled by subtly sneaky action and the alternating distractions of Monica Bellucci, Romane Bohringer and Sandrine Kimberlain. Bewildered, triply love-struck Max (Vincent Cassel) has only the slenderest chance of piecing together the clues while untangling his emotions.
The plot twists and turns with break-neck speed, pirouetting around each of the female leads. Filled with delicious tension, this is a real treat which demands repeated viewing. Do not miss it!
The relentless pace is fuelled by subtly sneaky action and the alternating distractions of Monica Bellucci, Romane Bohringer and Sandrine Kimberlain. Bewildered, triply love-struck Max (Vincent Cassel) has only the slenderest chance of piecing together the clues while untangling his emotions.
The plot twists and turns with break-neck speed, pirouetting around each of the female leads. Filled with delicious tension, this is a real treat which demands repeated viewing. Do not miss it!
77 of 80 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Don't be put off by previous reviews that the movie is sleep inducing - the guy probably was tired or bored with life. This is a beautiful, sweeping movie about coincidences in life (a bit like in Sliding Doors) and how they affect people's lives. It's about love, passion, jealousy and set in Paris - beautifully acted by Bellucci and Bohringer (it helps if you speak French so you understand their acting better) with a beautiful haunting soundtrack. Although it's not always easy to follow, it's actually good that some films make you use your brain. For those who haven't got one, just go back to sleep.
30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
L'Appartement became an instant favorite when I saw it a few years ago, although on revisiting it I did find myself wondering for a while if I hadn't over-valued it. But then, a third into the picture it takes a sudden left turn and what had been a relatively simple romantic drama about lost love suddenly became a much more complex piece of work touching on the nature of desire and the way accidents of timing and interpretation can change fate.
What's most fun - or most frustrating, depending on how you like your narrative delivered - is the way it doubles back on itself, revealing that the passing details in one person's life can be major ones in another's, even revealing that for the first third of the movie both we and the main character haven't noticed the presence of one key character. Rewarding and exhilarating stuff.
Artificial Eye's UK DVD only boasts the French trailer and text notes as extras, but offers a good transfer with proper subtitling (the subtitles on the US disc are hard-of-hearing subtitles including descriptions of sound effects!).
What's most fun - or most frustrating, depending on how you like your narrative delivered - is the way it doubles back on itself, revealing that the passing details in one person's life can be major ones in another's, even revealing that for the first third of the movie both we and the main character haven't noticed the presence of one key character. Rewarding and exhilarating stuff.
Artificial Eye's UK DVD only boasts the French trailer and text notes as extras, but offers a good transfer with proper subtitling (the subtitles on the US disc are hard-of-hearing subtitles including descriptions of sound effects!).
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Intriguing
A story about misunderstandings and lost opportunities, the movie is presented in different time frames and packaged into a taut storyline. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Rae_B
Trompe d'oeil
Whatever this film is, it is not a confused mess. It is very skillfully made and needs to be watched carefully to get the best out of it (like the Sixth Sense). Read more
Published 3 months ago by Garrold
Intricate Hitchcockian Drama
Gilles Mimouni's 1995 film L'Appartement mysteriously remains his only feature directing credit to date, which is surprising given the quality of this Hitchcockian mystery... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Keith M
How French cinema should be.
It's utterly captivating and quintessential French cinema, it's Hitchcockian, De Palma-esque, sophisticated and utterly stylish. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Universal Soldier
Well crafted movie but looses grip with ending
This is a well crafted French movie, with great attention to details and acting, set in lovely spots (maybe vaguely cliche-sque to catch the international audience appeal? Read more
Published 11 months ago by F. Panin
One of the best French films ever made
Of all the foreign films I have seen this has to be one of the best. I'm aware that Hollywood have remade this film but I can't imagine it could possibly live up to this. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Wolf Girl
Hugely disappointing
Although initially promising, this film degenerated badly into a confused mess. Constant flashbacks were not clearly indicated as such; as a result, the story became impossible to... Read more
Published on 22 Dec 2009 by Vavavoom
Excellence!!
Wow this movie was just brilliant. I've seen plenty of Vince Cassel's and Monica Bellucci's movies but this has got to be the best. Read more
Published on 28 Jun 2009 by Cameron Lilley
My favourite all time film
This is quite simply wonderful.
Suspend your disbelief for a couple of hours, transport yourself back a few years to a simpler time before we lived in age of mobile... Read more
Suspend your disbelief for a couple of hours, transport yourself back a few years to a simpler time before we lived in age of mobile... Read more
Published on 20 Feb 2008 by Tonkfan
Utterly wonderful
L'Appartement is fast, complex, sad, heartbreaking, intelligent, heartwarming, funny and unpredictable. Oh, it's also as sexy as hell.
Published on 29 July 2007 by Raffoboy
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