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Year of release: 2003
Director: Yann Samuell
Writer: Yann Samuell
Starring: Marion Cotillard, Guillaume Canet, etc.

For more information on “Jeux d’enfants” (EN: “Love Me If You Dare”), visit Wikipedia and/or IMDb

General impression:
Speaking about this movie spoils its fun and meaning. I loved it! I laughed, I cried; I was moved, angry, eager, relieved, intrigued, annoyed, impressed… It’s about the game of love and the love of game. It’s about a bond beyond time, reason, or common sense. It’s… “better than sex, better than love, better than life itself”.

Highlights:
This movie is beautifully artistic, and has more than just a story.

Downside:
I was much too engaged in this movie to notice any flaw.

Would I see it again? – Yes

My Rating (1 to 10): 9

Recommended: Yes

Suggestion:
Not recommended to those who intellectualize love… or hate games.

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Year of release: 2000
Director: Danny Boyle
Writers: John Hodge (screenplay), Alex Garland (novel)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet, etc.

For more information on “The Beach”, visit Wikipedia and/or IMDb

General impression:
It’s not bad, but I did not enjoy it. It bored me to the point that I was eager for it to be over, so that I could move on with my schedule for that day. This has been the only Danny Boyle movie I’ve seen that I didn’t really like. The details were nice and interesting, the sum was disappointingly dull.

Highlights:
The scenery is beautiful, the actors good-looking… umm…

Downside:
It looks more promising than it actually is. It doesn’t particularly engage either mind or heart.

Would I see it again? – No

My Rating (1 to 10): 6.5

Recommended: Not necessarily…

Suggestion:
Watch it only for entertainment, expecting a story and some eye candy, not much else.

Jeux d’enfants (EN: Love Me If You Dare)

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