An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, even if it seemed to be another uninspired and forgettable Netflix production, I think the damned thing actually had some potential. Indeed, above all, the relationship between Mélanie Laurent’s and Adèle Exarchopoulos’s characters was just so well developed, they were so cool, they were together quite spellbinding to behold. Surprisingly, Manon Bresch was also quite charismatic and they made a really neat trio together, even if it would have better worked if her character would have been introduced from the start. I also enjoyed the feminist vibe so the whole thing could have been a neat French variation on ‘Charlie’s Angels’. Unfortunately, pretty much nothing else did work in this movie though. Indeed, even though the concept was not bad, the whole thing was just so unfocused, the tone was so uneven and the action scenes were never impressive so the end-result did feel terribly flat. Eventually, it seemed that Laurent did spend a lot of time to finetune the connection between Carole and Alex which was great but she also apparently neglected pretty much everything else which was just too bad. Concerning Isabelle Adjani, it had been a while since I saw the legendary French actress but I’m afraid that she was rather weak here. Indeed, it seemed that she tried to emulate Marlon Brando who was mumbling and sleepwalking as well through all his last performances. Anyway, to conclude, I think I was quite generous with my rating here but I just loved this group of cool chicks and, only therefore, I think it is worth a look but there is no doubt that it could or should have been much better.