Love Me If You Dare Reviews

All i have to say about this is that every great love story should have some, if not most of the things happening in this movie. It's sexy, daring and passionate. I would re-watch it anytime.

Marion Cotillard is probably the most successful French actress of the last 10, probably even 20 years. Hell, I mean, even a monster like Catherine Deneuve never managed to have such a varied international career. More recently you had Audrey Tautou or Juliette Binoche who both seemed on the verge of becoming pretty big on the international scene but it never really happened. I’m not saying that Cotillard is the best French actress (still, she is definitely one of the most intriguing) but her international career is just downright impressive. She has also always been pretty prolific in France and I always wonder how many of her fans have actually seen her previous work. Anyway, this movie is one of those French movies she made before her international breakthrough with ‘La Mome’ and I thought it was not bad at all. I even think I saw it back then in the theater but I’m not completely sure. Anyway, it is a decent romance feature starring Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet who are also an item in real life, although they got together 4 years after making this movie. To be honest, even though the story was intriguing, it was still a rather convoluted romance and many obstables where there just to create some momemtum but the leads were really charismatic and had obviously some great chemistry. To conclude, even though it is nothing really amazing, it remains a decent romantic feature and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in French movies.

Grasz czy nie grasz? Grasz? To przeklinaj przy nauczycielce. Nasiusiaj na dywanik u dyrektora. Daj się żywcem zamurować w bloku betonu. Dla Juliena i Sophie nie ma poleceń niewykonalnych. Grają ze sobą od dzieciństwa. Kto aktualnie posiada puszkę z karuzelą, może zażądać, czego chce. Od samego początku gra stanowi ucieczkę od rzeczywistości, czyli śmiertelnej choroby matki, biedy, uprzedzeń. Julien od małego wierzy, że może zaczarować świat. Że słowa lekarzy nic nie znaczą, a jeśli będzie skakał przez 2 godziny na jednej nodze, to mama wyzdrowieje.

Reżyser filmu, Yann Samuell, grafik i ilustrator komiksów też czaruje. Zimny świat został przepuszczony przez żółty, ciepły filtr. Pojawiają się bajkowe postacie, obłoki, w których można dosłownie bujać. A gdy spadniesz na ziemię, będziesz ciągle próbował latać. Zaklinanie jest jak alkohol, narkotyk. Można mieć długie okres abstynencji, ale uzależnionym jest się do końca życia.

"Miłość na żądanie" to film w gruncie rzeczy dość banalny i wtórny. Nieprzypadkowo porównywany jest do "Amelii" - od niej czerpie najwięcej. Od charakterystycznego filtru, postawy bohaterów wobec rzeczywistości, aż po fizyczne podobieństwo aktorki Marion Cotillard. Jednak o ile "Amelia" była od początku do końca bajkowa, o tyle w "Miłości…" pojawia się surowy realizm. Ale bardzo płytko, przez co film traci spójność. Nie wiadomo, czy oglądać go na serio czy z przymrużeniem oka.

Przed seansem dowiedziałam się, że drugi filmem, do którego jest podobna "Miłość na żądanie" to "Trainspotting". Tylko po co komu kopia, skoro może obejrzeć oryginał? Dziękuję, nie gram

Are you game?

''Tell me that you love me first because I'm afraid that if I tell you first you'll think that i'm playing the game.''

A story of two best friends, Julien and Sophie who we see journey through life. Starts of in their childhood and their seemingly playful game in which they dare each other with a rustic tin. The game continues throughout their adult life and begins to spiral out of control, and a hidden love undeclared.



Marion Cotillard who plays Sophie; I last saw her in ''La Vie en Rose'' and this film also proves what a versatile actress she is.
Guillaume Canet who plays Julien is equally impressive and displays dazzling emotion and fiery temperance.
Thibault Verhaeghe and
Joséphine Lebas-Joly also deserve a mention who play Julien and Sophie as children.

Such vast imagination and an obssessive daring game. Wonderfully surreal and some of the scenes will shock.
Visually it's shot excellently and some very clever effects jumbled together that tell the story well.

It's a long story and how far the two go to outdo each other is compelling. When you get to it's ultimate conclusion, ''The Dare of Dares'' the film cleverly let's your mind decide what conclusion to make.
A classic example of how dangerous a game can be and the complicated entanglement that is love.

'' Are you game? , well the answer has to be without a doubt YES!

Both of them had to be in absolutely DIRE need of therapy.

Sophie and Julien play a bizarre game starting as kids where they try and one up each other, one that keeps increasing in intensity as they grow up. Refer to last paragraph.