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A Very Long Engagement

Un long dimanche de fiançailles

2004

Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Dominique Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth ...

6.9

29,810

Drama. Romance. War Five desperate men shoot themselves in order to be relieved from the horrifying frontline at the Somme, in WWI. A court-martial decides to punish them by leaving them alone in no-man's land, to be killed in the crossfire. Then all hell breaks loose and they all die. Or not? One of these men's fiancée, a young girl who can't walk since age 3, receives information that makes her suspect his boyfriend might have gotten away alive. So she ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The barbarity of war and the implacable logic of revenge are softened by the voluptuous beauty of Jeunet's visuals and the magic of his storytelling (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Sit back and behold as Jeunet the visionary and Tautou the force of nature take you to hell and back with this epic love story. It's an emotional powerhouse (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Lisa Nesselson Variety	"More wrenching and less fanciful than “Amelie” yet still marbled with humor, WWI-era weepie is so populated with characters and incidents some viewers may be overwhelmed."	NEU
United States	Carina Chocano Los Angeles Times	"All in all, Jeunet makes a pretty case for the idea that life is ruled by chaos and chance, but made meaningful and worthwhile by love."	POS
United States	Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer	"A Very Long Engagement probably has too many elements -- and too many characters -- for its own good. But its heart, like its heroine's, is in the right place"	POS
United States	Ruthe Stein SFGATE	"A 'Very Long Engagement' leaves you feeling stuffed but satisfied, like after a very long, tasty meal."	POS

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