Mississippi Mermaid

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Allan H Genre tizzy pays homage to Cornell Woolrich---William Irish technicolor noir. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/05/25 Full Review Audience Member Very good individual performances by Belmondo and Deneuve despite only a middling of chemistry together and a pastiche plot put together by Truffaut Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie feels a bit like 'Truffaut doing Hitchcock', which has its good points and bad points. On the positive side, it may surprise you with you with its twists and turns. Knowing absolutely nothing about it, I was intrigued by the first part, when a tobacco plantation owner on Reunion Island (Jean-Paul Belmondo) meets his fiancée (Catherine Deneuve) who he met and fell in love with through the mail, soon realizing that not is all as it seems. However, on the negative side (and without giving away the plot), as the movie went on, the actions of the characters (and Belmondo in particular) were not always believable. Even if you factor in love and physical attraction driving people to extremes, he's remarkably blasé about missing 27 million francs. It kept my interest and had some great shots by Truffaut, including a fantastic scene between Belmondo and Deneuve at a fireplace, but ends up 'good' and 'not great' as a result. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member La pareja francesa por excelencia Belmondo y Denueve en esta pelicula de Truffaut, un hombre bajo el encanto de una mujer hasta en las extremas circunstancias y un gran final. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Perhaps that's the film explaining why the French are not very fond of Catherine Deneuve, who has played a highly vicious and chilling woman. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member At first, Truffaut's 8th film released just after his famed interview book with Hitchcock seems to show how well he learned the lessons of the master. In fact, this almost seems like a pastiche of Hitch's themes, musical cues, and shots (e.g., Suspicion, Spellbound). However, the film is dedicated to Renoir (Arizona Jim gets a nod) and this foreshadows a detour away from Hitch and into Amour Fou territory (i.e., La Chienne). Deneuve is great as the femme fatale, a mail-order bride who may not be what she appears to be; this part allows her to demonstrate her chilliness (I always found her difficult to connect with). Belmondo is fine as the tobacco plantation owner (from Reunion Island). Unfortunately, the film tends to break down as it goes on, spending too much time on the relationship and leaving the thriller elements aside until it is almost too late to resurrect them. I looked at my watch. Perhaps a little tightening would have made this more Hitchcockian, but then it would be less Truffautian, so what's the point? Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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