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      The Girl on the Bridge

      R Released Mar 31, 1999 1h 32m Romance Comedy List
      88% Tomatometer 42 Reviews 91% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings One chilly night, on a Paris bridge, a girl leans out over the Seine with tears in her eyes, contemplating the icy waters below. Suddenly, a stranger with a penetrating gaze emerges out of the darkness, a man who will change her life. It is Gabor, a once brilliant but now fading performer in need of a partner. He has set his sights on this luckless but oddly alluring Adele, a girl with nowhere to go who is shifting nervously on the edge of a decision. Read More Read Less

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      Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Rated: A- Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Globe and Mail Rated: 2.5/4 Mar 22, 2002 Full Review Robert Denerstein Denver Rocky Mountain News Rated: B Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies A very well-written and well conceived picture with a lot of heart simmering under the surface. Rated: 4/5 Aug 21, 2022 Full Review Felicia Feaster Creative Loafing Girl on the Bridge is pure, buttery fantasy with all the attendant empty calories. Feb 3, 2020 Full Review Walter Chaw Film Freak Central A lovely, hopelessly romantic little bauble that catches the light no matter how you turn it. Rated: 3.5/4 Dec 11, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Michael O A fairly tale for adults. To enjoy this movie, you have to accept the world that it portrays as real. Once you do that, it is fantastic. I would have jumped off of that bridge for Vanessa Paradis as many times as I could. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/30/23 Full Review jordan m I liked this a lot more than most other French movies I've seen, though obviously not as much as Amelie. The black & white seemed like a gimmick and there were so many metaphors in the dialogue that it sailed past sophistication and landed in "nobody talks like that" territory, but the chemistry between the two leads was believable. The girl served the same purpose to the movie as she does to Auteuil's knife-throwing act and they wrapped the movie up really nicely at the end by coming full circle. This could easily have overstayed its welcome as a 2-hour slog, but at a brisk 90 minutes I quite enjoyed watching it. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Just loved that movie. Beautiful well written story of luck, love and destiny. Vanessa Paradis is perfect for the part with a lot of texture, giving the character of Adele a range from sexy vamp to clumsy ingenue, sometimes candid, light and funny, other times almost neurotic and instable. Unltimately it's a feel good movie but not in the way you'd necessarily expect. There is a good life lesson to take from it too. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review andrey k Splendid movie. I would lie if I didn't say that I was enormously charmed and enchanted by the knife-throwing scenes with the accompaniment of the beautiful song 'Who Will Take My Dreams Away'. A very strong movie which elicits strong emotions and a pensive mood, but it's a good kind of mood. I was quite surprised that a movie shot in such a rapid succession of shots can create such a mood. Performances are high level, especially by Daniel Auteuil; the chemistry between him and Paradis is complete. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member This tale of ill-fated love is pretty to look at, but was a bit slow at times, so proceed with caution. But you don't get a love story between a depressed young woman and a knife thrower either, so there's some novelties to be had here. Rental. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Awful soundtrack, Why are people making movies in Black and white? Vanessa Paradise is Beautiful. The story is not interesting enough for 90 minutes. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      The Girl on the Bridge (1999) The Girl on the Bridge (1999) The Girl on the Bridge (1999) The Girl on the Bridge (1999) Daniel Auteuil stars as Gabor. Patrice Leconte directs stars Vanessa Paradis and Daniel Auteuil on the set. View more photos

      Movie Info

      Synopsis One chilly night, on a Paris bridge, a girl leans out over the Seine with tears in her eyes, contemplating the icy waters below. Suddenly, a stranger with a penetrating gaze emerges out of the darkness, a man who will change her life. It is Gabor, a once brilliant but now fading performer in need of a partner. He has set his sights on this luckless but oddly alluring Adele, a girl with nowhere to go who is shifting nervously on the edge of a decision.
      Director
      Patrice Leconte
      Producer
      Hervé Truffaut
      Screenwriter
      Serge Frydman
      Distributor
      Paramount Pictures
      Production Co
      Films Christian Fechner [fr], Sofica Sofinergie 5, France 2 Cinema, UGCF, Le Studio Canal +
      Rating
      R (Sexuality)
      Genre
      Romance, Comedy
      Original Language
      French (Canada)
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Mar 31, 1999, Original
      Release Date (DVD)
      Jan 6, 2009
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $1.7M
      Runtime
      1h 32m
      Sound Mix
      Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround
      Aspect Ratio
      Scope (2.35:1)