Cyrano de Bergerac Reviews

To be honest, it has been a while since I saw this movie and maybe I should re-watch it at some point. In France, it is a massive classic and it was a big critical and commercial success when it was released. Indeed, it was a prestigious production involving the adaptation of a French literary classic with Gérard Depardieu in the title role. The guy gave here eventually one of the most unforgettable performances of his career (he was even nominated for the Academy Awards, something really rare for a performance in a foreign language). And yet, even though I did enjoy it, I can’t say it really blew me away though. Indeed, to be honest,  the whole thing was, in my opinion, in fact a rather silly story when you think about it. I mean, if you would strip the great costumes, the decors, the dialogues, the actors, you would get something closer to ‘Roxanne’ which was rather cringe-inducing to behold, at least, as far as I’m concerned. 5 years later, Jean-Paul Rappeneau would come up with similar project, ‘Le hussard sur le toit’, but even though it was fairly successful, it didn’t become a huge classic like this movie. To conclude, coming back to our main feature, even though I wasn’t really a big fan, it was still a really solid period drama and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in French movies.