The priceless "8 Femmes" is a satire on Agatha Christie murder mysteries, with music. Its "Gosford Park," as if Bob Fosse would have staged it.
There's no point in going into the plot, or the caliber of the acting. You have a screen filled with every great French actress save Moreau and Adjani.
You have three of four of them, Deneuve, Ledoyen, Beart and Hubbert, who could make something interesting out of reading the Paris telephone directory. Give them some very funny lines, and watch them just go to town.
My one reservation about this film was the musical aspects of it.
In general, I haven't liked a musical since "Gigi." Actually, I'm not sure there have been any musicals since "Gigi." But that's only because I can't remember what year "The Music Man" was made. It was simply marvelous.
I didn't much like "Moulin Rouge," not because of the concept, but because of the use of existing songs, all of which distracted me. I could have bought the movie had they written original songs.
So, when in the first number, three of the ladies jump up unexpectedly and do a French version of a song from "Grease" I almost fell out of my seat.
But the real show stopper was the sexy number done by Emmanuelle Beart. I would pay $9 dollars just to look at Beart for 90 minutes. Watching her singing a sexy song was almost more than I could take. It was nothing short of magical.
Finally, I have to say I heard more people in the audience laughing out loud in this movie than I have heard in any movie in a long time.
Forget every review you've seen. Run, don't walk, to see "8 Femmes." It the most fun you'll have at the movies this year.
There's no point in going into the plot, or the caliber of the acting. You have a screen filled with every great French actress save Moreau and Adjani.
You have three of four of them, Deneuve, Ledoyen, Beart and Hubbert, who could make something interesting out of reading the Paris telephone directory. Give them some very funny lines, and watch them just go to town.
My one reservation about this film was the musical aspects of it.
In general, I haven't liked a musical since "Gigi." Actually, I'm not sure there have been any musicals since "Gigi." But that's only because I can't remember what year "The Music Man" was made. It was simply marvelous.
I didn't much like "Moulin Rouge," not because of the concept, but because of the use of existing songs, all of which distracted me. I could have bought the movie had they written original songs.
So, when in the first number, three of the ladies jump up unexpectedly and do a French version of a song from "Grease" I almost fell out of my seat.
But the real show stopper was the sexy number done by Emmanuelle Beart. I would pay $9 dollars just to look at Beart for 90 minutes. Watching her singing a sexy song was almost more than I could take. It was nothing short of magical.
Finally, I have to say I heard more people in the audience laughing out loud in this movie than I have heard in any movie in a long time.
Forget every review you've seen. Run, don't walk, to see "8 Femmes." It the most fun you'll have at the movies this year.