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BELOVED (LES BIEN-AIMES)Movie Reviews
French Czech language musical drama about the love lives of a woman in the freewheeling Paris of the 1960s and her daughter in London thirty years later. Cast:Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni, Ludivine Sagnier, Louis Garrel, Milos Forman, Paul Schneider, Michel Delpech, Rasha Bukvic, Omar Ben Sellem, Clara Couste, Guillaume Denaiffle, Dustin Segura, Zuzana Kronerova, Pavel LiskaDirector:Christophe HonoréRelease Date:August 17, 2012DVD Release:December 11, 2012From:IFCLength:2 hr 25 min
DECEMBER 11, 2012
Beloved (Les bien-aimes), Good (Not Great) Reviews, Mixed Key Cities
Beloved (Les bien-aimes) played in key cities to good not great reviews. Reviews were mixed. • Mark Jenkins wrote for NPR, "...enormous fun, whirling and warbling across four decades of amour. But it stumbles a few times in its last half-hour..." • And Mick LaSalle wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle, " 'Beloved' is a flower that opens, not just gradually, but in fits and starts." More Reviews Below...
Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: MODERATE(cg) "Honoré puts his film on hold six or seven times while the characters half-sing, half-recite the lyrics to banal songs explaining the meaning of what we've just seen..."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 404 words, 09/14/12
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (8 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...at once whimsical and heartfelt, alive to the absurdity and perversity of amorous behavior and also to the gravity and intensity of human emotions."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 798 words, 08/17/12
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: WEAK(cg) "...as the movie drags on (and on), the songs feel repetitive and the increasingly dark tone -- including a gratuitous use of 9/11 -- unearned."(See all of Elizabeth Weitzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 199 words, 08/17/12
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times/Chicago Tribune: VERY GOOD "...both broody and bright... real-life mother and daughter Catherine Deneuve and Chiara Mastroianni bring a chemical spark to the onscreen dynamics..."(See all of Sheri Linden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 350 words, 08/17/12
Kyle Smith, New York Post: POOR(cg) "Struggling to achieve social significance and convey a sense of the sweep of time, Honoré forgets to give us a reason to care about any of his dull, flat characters."(See all of Kyle Smith's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 494 words, 08/17/12
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: MODERATE(cg) "Honoré puts his film on hold six or seven times while the characters half-sing, half-recite the lyrics to banal songs explaining the meaning of what we've just seen..."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 404 words, 09/14/12
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: VERY GOOD(cg) "...manages to feel sprawling and epic, while at the same time presenting an intimately observed view of two women's love lives... amazingly moving."(See all of Michael O'Sullivan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 535 words, 09/07/12
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: OUTSTANDING(cg) "...a film full of turbulence and passion, as a mother and daughter embark on their separate journeys - their pasts and futures, their happiness and sorrow, intertwined."(See all of Steven Rea's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 325 words, 08/31/12
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...at two hours and 19 minutes, it tries your patience.... Honoré's a genuinely gifted eccentric of a filmmaker, but on the evidence of this, he could use a nap."(See all of Ty Burr's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 620 words, 09/14/12
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: VERY GOOD(cg) "...very good... 'Beloved' is a flower that opens, not just gradually, but in fits and starts. But it opens. It gets there."(See all of Mick LaSalle's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 448 words, 08/17/12
John Hartl, Seattle Times: WEAK(cg) "...ponderous... tends to trivialize everything it re-creates: the 1968 Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia, French-American relations during the AIDS crisis, 9/11."(See all of John Hartl's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 198 words, 08/31/12
Betsy Sherman, Boston Phoenix: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...melodramatic excesses are tempered by the subtle performances of Honoré's leading ladies.... the sweetness of the familial bond helps you hang in there."(See all of Betsy Sherman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 156 words, 09/13/12
Alison Willmore, AV Club: VERY GOOD(cg) "A rambling, messy, but ultimately charming film.... a tenderly sincere musical that celebrates love even as it acknowledges the ways it can sometimes lead to tragedy."(See all of Alison Willmore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 372 words, 08/16/12
Jesse Cataldo, Slant: MODERATE(cg) "...crammed at a frustrating juncture between period-piece froth (it at times seems to be channeling François Ozon's recent 'Potiche') and seriously conceived drama..."(See all of Jesse Cataldo's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 546 words, 08/14/12
HIGHBROW PRESS (3 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...at once whimsical and heartfelt, alive to the absurdity and perversity of amorous behavior and also to the gravity and intensity of human emotions."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 798 words, 08/17/12
Mark Jenkins, NPR: GOOD "...enormous fun, whirling and warbling across four decades of amour. But it stumbles a few times in its last half-hour and ultimately seems a little too frisky..."(See all of Mark Jenkins's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 603 words, 08/16/12
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...both broody and bright... real-life mother and daughter Catherine Deneuve and Chiara Mastroianni bring a chemical spark to the onscreen dynamics..."(See all of Sheri Linden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 350 words, 08/17/12
MOVIE INDUSTRY (5 Reviews)
Boyd Van Hoeij, Daily Variety: VERY GOOD "The carefree love life of a 1960s French mother is daringly juxtaposed with the amorous travails of her daughter several decades later... melancholy-tinged..."(See all of Boyd Van Hoeij's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 718 words, 05/21/11
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: MODERATE "Both love stories are so tissue thin that spreading them out over years and several actors only further exposes the superficiality if not the implausibility of the romances."(See all of Kirk Honeycutt's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 723 words, 05/21/11
Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...both broody and bright... real-life mother and daughter Catherine Deneuve and Chiara Mastroianni bring a chemical spark to the onscreen dynamics..."(See all of Sheri Linden's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 350 words, 08/17/12
Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "Self-indulgent... with an excessive running time of two and a half hours, this is a minor work, ultimately more diverting than probing its subject and female characters..."(See all of Emanuel Levy's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 394 words, 08/03/12
A.O. Scott, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...at once whimsical and heartfelt, alive to the absurdity and perversity of amorous behavior and also to the gravity and intensity of human emotions."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 798 words, 08/17/12
20.7 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Beloved (Les bien-aimes)'s reviews are separated by an average 20.7 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Beloved (Les bien-aimes) (20 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Beloved (Les bien-aimes)'s reviews cover 22.7% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 8,630 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 432 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 11 Days Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Beloved (Les bien-aimes)'s reviews on average broke 11 days before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Beloved (Les bien-aimes)'s opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Beloved (Les bien-aimes) (20 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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