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Love Me If You Dare

Jeux d'enfants

2003

Yann Samuell

Guillaume Canet, Marion Cotillard, Thibault Verhaeghe, Joséphine Lebas-Joly ...

7.3

30,804

Romance. Drama. Comedy Julien and Sophie are eight-year-old best friends, adorable tricksters and borderline psychotics. On one of childhood’s darker days, as Julien gradually becomes aware that his cherished mother is fatally ill, he stands up for Sophie by pulling a mischievous stunt on classmates who had viciously taunted her. From that moment on, Julien and Sophie will trade fearful and hilarious dares for decades, taking manic pleasure in trying to outdo ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"This is "Amelie" through the lookingglass (...) Strangely frustrating (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEU
United States	Robert K. Elder Chicago Tribune	"It's a pitch-black, Grimm Brothers-style fable that enchants, frustrates and ultimately dares you to love it. Even if you don't, you'll be riveted"	POS
United States	Jack Mathews New York Daily News	"If you're able to take Love Me as a black comedy and suspend disbelief about the couple's mutual humiliations, it can be great fun"	POS
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"Only the French, those self-proclaimed sages of ''l'amour fou,'' would dream of concocting a surreal romantic allegory like Yann Samuell's grown-up fairy tale"	NEU
United States	Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"In this toxic tale of young psychopaths in love, the stylish, often stunning visuals are ultimately outmatched by the repellent protagonists"	NEG
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"If you like romantic movies but find Hollywood's increasingly sterile formulas to be a poisonous bore, 'Love Me if You Dare' offers an antidote."	POS
United States	The Hollywood Reporter	"Despite the sterling performances by the two main actors, the movie tends to lose pace in the second half and needs more secondary characters."	NEU
United States	Marta Barber Miami Herald	"Unlike 'Amélie' Love Me If You Dare will not become a sleeper. But neither will it make you go to sleep"	POS
United States	Lisa Nesselson Variety	"Su valiente intento de crear un cuento de hadas moderno acaba siendo frustrante y espeluznante en lugar de evocador y memorable"	NEG
United States	J.R. Jones Chicago Reader	I"t's a powerful psychological conceit, but Samuell subverts it at every turn with his carnivalesque style"	NEU

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