Movie Review - My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
L'Ami de mon amie (1987)
directed by Eric Rohmer
rating: 5 out of 5 jalapeños
on VHS from the vaults
Out with the usual charges against our number one main man: too much original sin, too much tedium. With the "Comedies and Proverbs" series (in which this is last and best), young women were freed from the narrative frames of moral, self-centered young men, and Rohmer became the preeminent enabler of female protagonists. Here, and in all the great ones, no one knows quite what they want. They don't trust themselves, or entirely believe their hearts. But they figure it out. The world bends in, or time diverts, and a few clear moments of engagement show the way.
directed by Eric Rohmer
rating: 5 out of 5 jalapeños
on VHS from the vaults
Out with the usual charges against our number one main man: too much original sin, too much tedium. With the "Comedies and Proverbs" series (in which this is last and best), young women were freed from the narrative frames of moral, self-centered young men, and Rohmer became the preeminent enabler of female protagonists. Here, and in all the great ones, no one knows quite what they want. They don't trust themselves, or entirely believe their hearts. But they figure it out. The world bends in, or time diverts, and a few clear moments of engagement show the way.
posted by NPK at 7:15 AM
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