thylane

I was so excited about watching this movie directed by Gilles Lellouch and casted with Adele exarchopoulos and Francois Civil who I really appreciated. There is every ingredient there to make a French Bockbuster but they missed it. The first part is far too long to set the scene of their young lives and love. After a while we wonder if we did not access the wrong projection room. Plus we start feeling the frustration for not having seen any of Adele and Francois after an hour. If this 1st loooong part was intended, the movie should have been in 2 releases. Because I do think, although too long, it was a good one.

The second part of their adult life is not credible in many aspects and not enough exciting. I found the adaptation of the script rather weak. Plus I did not feel any connection with this reunion love story. As to the end it was too easy. It's a pity as I feel we missed here the opportunity here to have a great movie.

Well done to Mallory Wanecque as Jackie and Malik Frikah as Clotaire young who offer a great performance.

Personally I have seen the previous version loooong ago so I could watch this one as if it was the first time and I found it good enough to entertain me. With very little memories, mystery was intact and I enjoyed the script from the beginning to the end and the different layers introduced. I had to be quite concentrated not to lose the story line. It even made me laugh at some point!!! Why always to compare with previous versions?... Plus I loved Daniel Craig in this new role... so different from James Bond character. But it worked! The casting of the eclectic gang of friends was also successful. 2 hour movie but I totally lost track...