I wanted to like this. It came recommended from an affinity group for which I have a lot of respect.
Unfortunately, Au Revoir Le Bonheur is immensely hard to take seriously. To get right to the point, the film is self-congratulatory to the point of what many would call "wanky."
Just as the characters are aware their portrayals in their brother's plays are caricatures, so too are the characters of the film. You see, aside from two of the four brothers, there's next to no character development despite being given ample time.
The montage of the cooking "competition" was cheesy at best and did not move the story foreword in the slightest. The over-emphasis of the four children of Nicola, and the subsequent ignoring of those children throughout the rest of the movie was a lame plot device - as was the triteness of his girlfriend being knocked up with his fifth child by the end of the movie.
Trite, self-congratulatory, and predictable are all accurate terms to describe this movie. Not worth your time, except maybe for the gorgeous québécois scenery and above-average cinematography.
Unfortunately, Au Revoir Le Bonheur is immensely hard to take seriously. To get right to the point, the film is self-congratulatory to the point of what many would call "wanky."
Just as the characters are aware their portrayals in their brother's plays are caricatures, so too are the characters of the film. You see, aside from two of the four brothers, there's next to no character development despite being given ample time.
The montage of the cooking "competition" was cheesy at best and did not move the story foreword in the slightest. The over-emphasis of the four children of Nicola, and the subsequent ignoring of those children throughout the rest of the movie was a lame plot device - as was the triteness of his girlfriend being knocked up with his fifth child by the end of the movie.
Trite, self-congratulatory, and predictable are all accurate terms to describe this movie. Not worth your time, except maybe for the gorgeous québécois scenery and above-average cinematography.