If You Don't, I Will

2014

1 hr. 42 min.

Comedy

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74%

19 Reviews

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36%

100+ Ratings

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A couple goes on a hike in the woods, and the woman refuses to return.

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Sophie Fillieres' movie is peculiar. It seemed a bit slight the first time I saw it. A few days later I came to the conclusion that there was nothing slight about it. Emmanuelle Devos and Mathieu Amalric play a couple who appear to have become bored with their marriage. A pleasant hike quickly devolves into a bitter walk of mutual resentments. The film is often realistically amusing, but when these two people get lost -- there is a deep feeling of sadness that emerges. Neither knows if they want to find their way back "home."

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Serge L

Comedy rather hilarious at first that get serious mid-stream. We first think the film is about a bad couple in love nevertheless but it turns into a case of divorce by lack of love or maybe psychopathy. Could be another one of these subtil male-bashing film under a cover of female liberation. It is nevertheless interesting by its strangeness superimposed over the familiarity. Plus the comedic value.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/05/16

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Audience Member

Comedy rather hilarious at first that get serious mid-stream. We first think the film is about a bad couple in love nevertheless but it turns into a case of divorce by lack of love or maybe psychopathy. Could be another one of these subtil male-bashing film under a cover of female liberation. It is nevertheless interesting by its strangeness superimposed over the familiarity. Plus the comedic value.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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walter m

In "If You Don't, I Will," Pomme(Emmanuelle Devos) and Pierre(Mathieu Amalric) are a couple whose serious money woes prevent them from even being able to pay John(David Clark), their personal trainer. That might be in part due to Pomme's being out on disability due to a benign brain tumor, from which she hopes to return from as soon as possible. In the meantime, she pays a visit to her son Romain(Nelson Delapalme). Aided by excellent tandem performances, "If You Don't, I Will" is a droll and perceptive comedy about relationships.(Hence the Gena Rowlands reference. Maybe.) At the center of which is how well or badly couples communicate. In this case, it is not what is said but what is not. Like, in the bus scene, I don't think Pierre was going to abandon Pomme but gave no indication that he was not going to.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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This French movie has an intriguing premise. The moment of the trailer that got me hooked was Pierre says "Come on, let's go home." Pomme simply says: No. The problem with that is that this whole set up doesn't come in until about half way through the movie. For the first half, you have to sit through miserable people bickering about their miserable lives. It's not that fun to watch. Funny at first, but it wears out its welcome quick. Once Pomme does stay in the forest, it starts to pick up a little bit. Emmanuelle Devos, who plays Pomme, had some of my favorite moments in the whole movie. But here's the thing. I think this whole bickering couple things works best when the audience sees that they are both in the wrong, and conversely, in the right. I don't know about other people that watched this, but I found Pierre to be a whiny asshole. I got why Pomme was tired of him. So, I don't know. This is well acted and it has its moments, but it's just not a must see.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Audience Member

A great duet of actors! The film starts with a doomed relationship and it's very interesting and funny to see how it evolves.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Sophie Fillières

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Emmanuelle Devos

Pomme

Mathieu Amalric

Pierre

Anne Brochet

Sonia

David Clark

John

Joséphine de La Baume

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

The two leads have played romantic partners in at least three other films, and their unforced intimacy here brings a certain heft to the sketchy characterizations.

Jan 16, 2015

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Leah Greenblatt

Entertainment Weekly

A quiet, intermittently poignant portrait of two people who've lost each other and aren't sure they want to find their way back.

Rated: B

Jan 13, 2015

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Tomas Hachard

NPR

Many of the jokes, like the ones launched at the expense of Mellie's son's psychomotor problems, aim at the easiest targets, leaving the final products simplistic if not offensive.

Dec 18, 2014

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

Their long-perfected sparring is a pleasure to watch, and separately Devos’ inimitable looks of wide-eyed panic remain delightful.

Jan 23, 2023

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

At times droll in its routine procedure of two beings unwisely torturing one another for the sake of familiarity, Fillieres dips the film into more emotionally evasive territories in its second half that maintains a dark, comedic edge.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 28, 2020

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Mike D'Angelo

The Dissolve

It's a magnificently acrid showcase for two idiosyncratic actors who seem uncannily in tune with each other, even as their characters are out of sync.

Rated: 3.5/5

Dec 17, 2014

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Synopsis

A couple goes on a hike in the woods, and the woman refuses to return.

Director: Sophie Fillières
Screenwriter: Sophie Fillières
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: French (Canada)
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $9.6K