Normally, I would give this film an 8 or 9 and reserve a 10 for something that really blew my socks off, but I felt compelled to balance out the two reviews that were very stingy on stars due to what they perceived as lack of action or "oh la la" as one reviewer put it. Honestly, if you are saying that you needed the lead character to be a French hottie and to see lots of skin for this to grab and keep your attention, then I'm taking your comments with a grain of salt, buddy! And to the person who thought this was dreadfully slow, please go to any multiplex anywhere and stay there . . . leave the art house, finely-crafted, interpersonal dramas for those of us who don't need a car chase in every film.
That having been said, I will acknowledge that there were no real surprises in Madmoiselle Chambord, but that was okay for me. The fact that our leading man decided, in the end, that he couldn't leave his family made it more realistic to me, and therefore more "European" in sensibilities rather than the treatment this story probably would have gotten had it been an American film. I enjoyed being transported to France for a couple of hours, and I did think it a bittersweet and honest look at the choices we make in life and love.
That having been said, I will acknowledge that there were no real surprises in Madmoiselle Chambord, but that was okay for me. The fact that our leading man decided, in the end, that he couldn't leave his family made it more realistic to me, and therefore more "European" in sensibilities rather than the treatment this story probably would have gotten had it been an American film. I enjoyed being transported to France for a couple of hours, and I did think it a bittersweet and honest look at the choices we make in life and love.