Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Movie: Roman de Gere

We saw Roman de Gere last night at the State Theater in Ann Arbor. It is a delightfully written and acted murder mystery. The plot overflows with fun twists and turns. The trailer is actually somewhat misleading; the movie is less dark than the trailer makes it out to be. The "R" rating is also a mystery. There is no nudity and no violence and no swearing but for a happy "merde" or two or three. It is a French movie and the characters are, not surprisingly, very French. This makes some of their actions seem implausible until you remind yourself that they are indeed French, at which point the inexplicable becomes the ordinary and all becomes clear.

Recommended (and Lisa even liked it more than I did).