Too Beautiful for You

R

1989

1 hr. 31 min.

Romance

Comedy

Drama

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60%

5 Reviews

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68%

500+ Ratings

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A rich Frenchman (Gérard Depardieu) has a chic wife (Carole Bouquet) and a warm, loving and homely mistress (Josiane Balasko).

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Memorable for a few exceptional scenes. But they are wonderful scenes

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Oh what to say about this one. The sound is so bad on the DVD, I basically just had to read it silent cause even when I had the volume all the way up, I could barely hear voices. Not sure if the film or the copy of the DVD is to blame. Also, it was probably the first movie dealing with a cheating husband where he was married to the stunning gorgeous women, yet fooling around with the most unattractive women in the movie. So it had that going for it. But I hate cheaters, and the whole film is about cheating on your significant others. And after awhile, it's not even a secret. Gérard Depardieu is such a scumbag in this movie, as very early on he is quite honest to not just his wife, but everyone he knows, that he is cheating on her. He treats her like garbage in every scene as well. You kind of feel awful for the wife, but she let's this go on the entire film, so... That leaves really no likable characters in the film. And the story is pretty boring. Worst yet, the characters seem to always be talking to the camera or voicing their thoughts to people instead of a real based dialogue. And the R rating is a farce. Some talk of sex, but no language or sex or nudity. Should be a PG-13 film for sure, in case the rating would scare anyone off.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Great bit of acting here to pull off the seeminly incomprehensible affair..then again, how many examples do we see of this in our lives?

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Mais il m'emmerde à la fin votre Schubert! Un conte contemporain sur la moralité de l'adultère, sur l'amour comme vraie source d'expression. Le film abat des conventions, ça va de soi, et remet en question certaines moralités établies depuis plusieurs siècles. Effectivement, imaginez-vous Bernard Barthélémy, un bourgeois français, comblé par la vie qui l'accable de richesse et qui l'a doté d'une belle femme fidèle qui l'aime éperdument et qui fait l'envie de tous. Au bout du compte, je m'aperçois que ça sonne comme bon nombre de scénarios populaires, mais le traitement de Blier est si particulier que le film se démarque par bon nombre d'aspects. Franchement, je peux bien vous avouer qu'il est si particulier que j'affirmerai que je n'ai jamais vu d'autres films avec un traitement semblable. Donc, ce fameux Bernard Barthélémy, curieusement, un beau matin, tombe amoureux de sa secrétaire, une femme qui possède très peu de charme, un peu bouffie et le sourire inexistant. La course à la moralité s'enclenche donc, et Blier tente, par l'entremise de ses personnages, d'éveiller en le spectateur une ouverture d'esprit différente qui témoigne de la franchise du 21e siècle.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Very boring narrated.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Bertrand Blier

Director

Gérard Depardieu

Bernard Barthélémy

Josiane Balasko

Colette Chevassu

Carole Bouquet

Florence Barthélémy

Roland Blanche

Marcello

François Cluzet

Pascal Chevassu

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

This is grown-up love, not the silly adolescent posturing of Hollywood sex symbols. It is love beyond sex, beyond attraction, beyond lust. It is the love of need, the love that says, I am a puzzle and you are the solution.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

I do not understand it... nor do I have the desire to understand it. [Full review in Spansih]

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Hilary Mantel

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Flashbacks and fantasy sequ- ences disrupt the narrative line, but do little to disguise a lack of substance and development.

Apr 11, 2019

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 3/5

Jul 4, 2005

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Jeffrey Westhoff

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Rated: 3/5

Oct 11, 2002

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Synopsis

A rich Frenchman (Gérard Depardieu) has a chic wife (Carole Bouquet) and a warm, loving and homely mistress (Josiane Balasko).

Director: Bertrand Blier
Executive Producer: Bernard Marescot
Screenwriter: Bertrand Blier
Production Co: Ciné Valse, Orly Films, DD Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Box Office (Gross USA): $36.2K
Sound Mix: Dolby
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)