The first reaction I got discovering the title was to think that it should be spiritual otherwise it would have been stupid to put "God" in there.
So, when I watched the making-off, I was delighted to see that it was spiritually loaded as it deals with a good-evil fight about a soul. I thought that the story was pretty original, all the more that it's rather unusual in a European production. The writer-director was inspired, had great ideas for depicting hell and heaven and achieved to reunite a interesting cast.
Motivated to watch the movie, I fall down quickly. The directing is slow, slug and nothing really happens. It takes nearly twenty minutes to get to the point of meeting the chosen one with his two angels. The spiritual incentives are rather weak as April isn't really good incarnated and Pénélope isn't very devil either. The Rocky syndrome (don't box again otherwise you die) is very peripheral and we are throw in a union fight rather! At least, I waited for the fantastic preview I saw in the making-of when Penélope lip-synches a Spanish song enthusiastically while dressing to get out. Well, the movie chose another take and it lost all the punch and sensuality that Penélope gave in the making-off.
I wouldn't say that the road to Hell is paved with all those good intentions but it's definitely not as successful that I expected and it's one of the few movies I know where the making-off is actually better than the movie itself!
So, when I watched the making-off, I was delighted to see that it was spiritually loaded as it deals with a good-evil fight about a soul. I thought that the story was pretty original, all the more that it's rather unusual in a European production. The writer-director was inspired, had great ideas for depicting hell and heaven and achieved to reunite a interesting cast.
Motivated to watch the movie, I fall down quickly. The directing is slow, slug and nothing really happens. It takes nearly twenty minutes to get to the point of meeting the chosen one with his two angels. The spiritual incentives are rather weak as April isn't really good incarnated and Pénélope isn't very devil either. The Rocky syndrome (don't box again otherwise you die) is very peripheral and we are throw in a union fight rather! At least, I waited for the fantastic preview I saw in the making-of when Penélope lip-synches a Spanish song enthusiastically while dressing to get out. Well, the movie chose another take and it lost all the punch and sensuality that Penélope gave in the making-off.
I wouldn't say that the road to Hell is paved with all those good intentions but it's definitely not as successful that I expected and it's one of the few movies I know where the making-off is actually better than the movie itself!