'MOOD INDIGO': Three and a Half Stars (Out of Five)
French fantasy romance flick directed and co-written by Michel Gondry. It was also co-written and produced by Luc Bossi and based on the 1947 novel, 'Froth on the Daydream', by French writer Boris Vian. It tells the story of a rich inventor, living in a magically idealistic Paris, who falls for a woman he meets at a party. They quickly marry and then she becomes deathly ill, on their honeymoon, by a rare sickness. The film stars Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Glad Elmaleh, Aissa Maiga and Omar Sy (who recently appeared in such blockbusters as 'X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST' and 'THE INTOUCHABLES'). I loved the creativity and pure imagination of the film but couldn't get too involved in any of the characters or story.
The story centers around Colin (Duris); a wealthy bachelor who invented the pianocktail (a cocktail making piano). He spends most of his time enjoying extravagant meals prepared for him by his servant, Nicolas (Sy), and chatting with his friend Chick (Elmaleh). When Chick tells Colin he's fallen for an American woman, named Alise (Maiga), Colin attends a friend's party in hopes of meeting a woman himself. Once at the party he meets Chloe (Tautou) and quickly falls for her. The two get married and everything seems perfect until Chloe becomes severely sick (due to a water lily growing in her lung).
Visually the film is stunning and constantly interesting to look at. I love Michel Gondry and think he's a beautifully artistic director ('ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND' is one of my favorite movies). The actors in the film are all talented but their characters aren't very well developed; they're too cartoonish and don't seem like real people at all. That's my only problem with this movie. I absolutely love it's visual beauty but I just couldn't get into it's story. It would have been much better as a short film, or series of shorts, rather than a 2-hour and 11 minute feature.
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French fantasy romance flick directed and co-written by Michel Gondry. It was also co-written and produced by Luc Bossi and based on the 1947 novel, 'Froth on the Daydream', by French writer Boris Vian. It tells the story of a rich inventor, living in a magically idealistic Paris, who falls for a woman he meets at a party. They quickly marry and then she becomes deathly ill, on their honeymoon, by a rare sickness. The film stars Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Glad Elmaleh, Aissa Maiga and Omar Sy (who recently appeared in such blockbusters as 'X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST' and 'THE INTOUCHABLES'). I loved the creativity and pure imagination of the film but couldn't get too involved in any of the characters or story.
The story centers around Colin (Duris); a wealthy bachelor who invented the pianocktail (a cocktail making piano). He spends most of his time enjoying extravagant meals prepared for him by his servant, Nicolas (Sy), and chatting with his friend Chick (Elmaleh). When Chick tells Colin he's fallen for an American woman, named Alise (Maiga), Colin attends a friend's party in hopes of meeting a woman himself. Once at the party he meets Chloe (Tautou) and quickly falls for her. The two get married and everything seems perfect until Chloe becomes severely sick (due to a water lily growing in her lung).
Visually the film is stunning and constantly interesting to look at. I love Michel Gondry and think he's a beautifully artistic director ('ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND' is one of my favorite movies). The actors in the film are all talented but their characters aren't very well developed; they're too cartoonish and don't seem like real people at all. That's my only problem with this movie. I absolutely love it's visual beauty but I just couldn't get into it's story. It would have been much better as a short film, or series of shorts, rather than a 2-hour and 11 minute feature.
Watch our movie review show 'MOVIE TALK' at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew1sXPb-oQQ