My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument (1996) Reviews

Arnaud Desplechin is rather an acquired taste but I like his work, especially ‘Un conte de Noël’ which was really awesome. You know, in your typical French drama, the average characters are always really talkative, usually with some major emotional and/or psychological issues. With Desplechin, it is entirely another kind of ball game though. Indeed, his characters are always massively neurotic and it is something that can put you off. Anyway, this feature is one of his romantic dramas with Mathieu Amalric portraying the main character. I have discovered Amalric a few years back and he is probably mostly know outside France for playing the bad guy in ‘Quantum of Solace’. Anyway, Amalric has quickly become one of my favorite French actors and, usually with Desplechin, he gets some really juicy roles. In this movie, he didn’t disappoint me and he was constantly hilarious. The whole thing reminded me a little bit of Woody Allen’s work as well. If you are into this kind of thing, you have also Marion Cotillard in a very short-blink-and-you’ll-miss-it role, one of her very first parts and even though her role was really short, she still managed to show up topless but it is seriously completely irrelevant concerning the overall quality of the movie itself. To conclude, even though it was nothing really amazing, I thought it was pretty good and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in French movies.