Audience Member
brilliant and very poignant.
Rated 5/5 Stars •
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
01/15/23
Full Review
Audience Member
49 days in a row at the cinema, and after 263 films so far this year, M affected more than almost any other.
??
I don't really want to talk about M because I love it too much. I love it so much that I don't want to share it with you because I know you won't see all that I've found in this film. I don't want to share M with you because I don't want you holding it, touching it, judging it. I want to keep the movie for myself, hidden away where I can protect it.
?
M is the most poignant film I've seen this year. The lead characters--a ghetto gangster and a high school poet--are the exact same and polar opposites at the same time. Their relationship is based on this attraction, like two discarded magnets together in the trash that latch fast because their negatives and positives unite them. Then, to make the film even more powerful, each scene mirrors this immutable frailty. Sara Forestier (who wrote, directed and stars in M) subtly juxtaposes each element (actors, setting, props, dialogue...) to heighten the tension until we are like a stretched rubber band, ready to snap.
??
M is brutal poetry, delicious agony, an intimate tour-de-force. It wiped me out and soothed me, left me withered and enthused...and moved. Out of a possible 10, I have 9 Fs to give. Thank you, thank you, thank you, merci mille fois Sara Forestier
Rated 4.5/5 Stars •
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
02/07/23
Full Review
Read all reviews
>
