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Jordyep says...
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2 years ago
Even if you’re not vibing with the story or the comedy, you can still like it just because Wes Anderson’s trademark visuals are so much fun to watch.
I interpret the film as being about [spoiler] glorification and mythologization. It’s about how storytelling can often hide certain parts about people we perceive as important heroes from the past. Whether that’s their mental problems and pretentious character (Benicio del Toro’s painter), arrogance and support on the sidelines (Timothee Chalamet’s student) or just sensationalizing in general (the final story) [/spoiler].
I liked it a lot and was entertained all the way through.
It’s very creative and quirky, the acting is fantastic, the characters are very well drawn and the comedy hit for me.
Didn’t quite get all of Wes’ choices though (he likes to switch between aspect ratios and colour/b&w photography for … reasons), which is a problem I have with a lot of his work.
Sometimes he makes these forced creative choices just to be odd and hook the audience, without there being a real motivation behind it.
Still, definitely a must watch for any film fan.

8/10
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manicure says...
2 years ago
It’s a pity that such a meticulously choreographed and beautifully staged film ended up being at the same time so dull and empty. Wes Anderson’s idea to combine a tribute to his favorite Nouvelle Vague movies with a vintage magazine live-action is definitely interesting, but with the possible exception of the painter’s article, the stories and characters have very little to say. Instead, it’s just a parade of visually impressive shots and verbal diarrhea, full of details that add little to the story.

I like Anderson’s bittersweet aftertaste and melancholic “end of an era” kind of atmosphere, but I struggled to stay awake during the second half. The ending felt surprisingly warm, though.
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HeronAnc says...
2 years ago
The movie is very beautiful, this I have no doubts, but I simply couldn't connect with the stories. The first one was the best, followed by the third and then the second. I was waiting more for a movie with such a great cast.
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zorgade says...
2 years ago
Visually very good, but boring. The name of the city is very well choosing...
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Lee Brown Barrow says...
2 years ago
Visually great but it’s rarely as interesting as it wants to be.
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ragreynolds says...
2 years ago
Wonderful to look at, but I found the substance to be pretty dull and lacklustre. Hard to recommend.
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sarahvss says...
2 years ago
the most visually satisfying work I have ever seen bar none.


we’re talking about Léa Seydoux, right?
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durack says...
2 years ago
Léa Seydoux in her uniform and out of it (such a fem fatale). A myriad of amazing visuals and cinematography. This is definitely a movie for visual thinkers.
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JimDarko says...
2 years ago
Just when you though by Wes Anderson couldn’t be any more Wes Anderson he delivers to you THE FRENCH DISPATCH. The movie’s runtime is approximately 1 million years
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mogwaylaven says...
2 years ago
Not my kind of movie. Kinda like movie 43 great cast but no real story just 3 short stories. Not needed to see in the theater
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2016moonlight says...
2 years ago
This was extremely fun! Too wordy for my personal taste, but it does make sense in the context and theme of the newspaper. The visuals are stunning, the stories are innovative and the characters are as anderson-quirky as ever. Nothing too life-changing but always a good time.
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condesoto says...
2 years ago
Visually it has many attractions. Very washed and disjointed film. Only recommended for the director's followers.
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Cb Uppercut says...
2 years ago
Maybe the most Wes Anderson of the Wes Anderson films. This movie is very artistic and obviously beautifully shot and when it comes to camera angles, music, and just creativity nobody does it like Wes Anderson. This movie features pretty much every actor you have ever seen in any of his films and that many characters makes it hard to care about the characters. Great acting and great storytelling for each part of the movie but the movie has 3 parts or 3 stories and they don’t all mesh very well which makes you a little confused as a watcher and bored even after a while. As a directing pov this movie is fabulous but writing and the plot in general leaves more to be desired.
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SN0106Y says...
2 years ago
Visually stunning but plot wise completely confusing… Not sure what I watched but at least it was pretty :woman_shrugging_tone3:
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dossdaz says...
2 years ago
Easily one of the worst films of the 21st century. The inane ramblings of a dull, ordinary, one dimensional man, desperate to be viewed as pretentious and oddball and missing the mark by several country miles. Formulaic, lazy and tedious. The kind of film that bland halfwits will champion, thinking it elevates their understanding of the form to their bland peers. Labeled as a comedy, yet the only person laughing is Yorgos Lanthimos. Avoid like the plague.
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miguelreina says...
2 years ago
A collection of stories, sketches of an original staging that marks Wes Anderson's style. But the absurdity of some situations works better in his animated characters than in real ones, and he presents here a succession of silliness that ends up being monotonous, lacking in interest, elongated... Actors prostrated to the talent of a director with whom to work gives prestige (now that Woody Allen is dismissed).
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podsolncem says...
2 years ago
It it soooo awfully BORING!
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atroxa says...
2 years ago
Reminded me a bit of Buster Cruggs. A collection of short stories, but great non the less. What a cast! Even the smallest role is an A-lister.
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Keanu Reeves says...
2 years ago
A funny and tragic, in a Wes Anderson sort of way, film. 

And in a Wes Anderson sort of way, it is a masterpiece. And if you love Wes Anderson and his films of unique and mundane ways of storytelling, you will fall for this film as if a potential loved one you may one day meet or reminisce upon as a distant but close hearted memory.
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