An average movie

Honestly, I’m rather surprised that so few people have rated this movie. I mean, don’t misunderstand me, I don’t care much about this franchise but I always thought they were very much loved. Anyway, my wife is a die-hard fan so she bought the dvd box and, obviously, I had to watch those flicks with her. At first, I thought it would be completely awful but, to be honest, the first installment was not bad at all. I mean, I wasn’t blown away either but I could see its appeal and why it was so popular. On the other hand, I really had a hard time to care with this 3rd installment. Indeed, at that point, the whole concept was really starting to get on my nerves. The poor little impress who doesn’t get to see her husband because he has to rule the country…. She knew what she was getting into when she married him, didn’t she?!? And of course, she becomes ill but, since it is a very (sappy) romantic feature, the whole thing is perfectly timed and she is completely cured by the end of the movie. Apparently, they were even planning to make a 4rth movie but Romy Schneider refused to play the title character any longer. Good for her! To conclude, obviously I wasn’t the target audience for this movie and I have seen worse but I still think it was a rather lame romantic feature and it don’t think it is really worth a look.

5/10