I love this film for many reasons for one it takes place in this weird sort of shopping mall town outside of Paris that is very post modern surreal, and they do this funny standing up boating sport that is so ludicrous. I also really love the line, which I paraphrase, "Oh Alexandre is the kind of guy anyone would fall in love with" Blanche, presumably can do better: to love someone it takes a more extraordinary person to love. There is not quite as much pompous holding forth in this film that one has to suffer through with most Rohmer films set in contemporary times. Although, as usual, most of the people involved are exquisitely hyporcritical, here it's fun, the comedy is a little more blatant. I notice from reading reviews on IMDb that a lot of people who adore Rohmer, don't, as far as I'm concerned, half understand what he's getting at. I'm sure I went on and on about this in a review of Claire's Knee. If I didn't, why didn't I? Of course Boyfriends and Girlfriends became the model for an homage by Woody Allen, one of his better movies, too, "Hubands and Wives".
Review of Boyfriends and Girlfriends
