Indochine Reviews

Disapponting

Indochine is set in 1930s Vietnam at a time when French colonial rule is beginning to crumble and Communist rebellion is rife. The film is set around a love triangle involving a rubber plantation owner, her daughter and a young naval officer, which tears the family apart and leads to danger for all concerned.

Although there are some good parts to this film, I was ultimately disappointed. I read som good reviews but found the film slow, too long and largely uninspiring.

Stunningly Beautiful Film........

full of beautiful people, shot in beautiful scenery, it nevertheless fails to convince due to stilted dialogue and heavy handed directing which turns it into a rather passionless affair. It is also rather a long film which will always exaggerate its shortcomings. Above all though very beautiful.

Let down by the DVD

This film has been on Channel 4 sometime ago and was worth closer watching. It is basically an epic love story during the last days of the French colonial rule in the region. It had a good cast and was a beautiful production which should have scored 3 to 4 stars. Unfortunately, the digital transfer to DVD is one of the worst I have come across. Arrow Films please take note.

This is a beautiful, tragic movie. Catherine Deneuve floats through some exquisite

photography, and the plot unfolds into terrible hardship, and supreme love. This movie has

some wonderful qualities. I would like lots more like this.

Oscar Winner - but all over the shop....

Drawn to this one by Catherine Deneuve and the '93 Oscar for best foreign language film...this one deliveries on all but a compelling story line. The scenery is stunning, photography, sets are spectacular and the cast good-looking but the narrative fails to engage.

Sunday afternoon, box of chocolates or a tub of Häagen-Dazs type of movie - sit back and relax on one of these dark rainy days and it might just deliver five stars to you especially if Vincent Perez lights up your day - unfortunately, he's not really my cup of green tea.

Second time round and still good

Does not disappoint even 2nd time round. Still beautiful and they don't make this type of film often. This is what makes watching film enjoyable, got some poetry to it.

Absolutely, positively my favourite movie of all time. Rent it and watch it - you will not be disappointed!

Beautiful movie

One of the best movies I have seen so far this year.

fabulous soap opera!

I loved this film! This is no movie of ideas, but a good old fashioned story of love and redemption that Hollywood of the 50s would have been proud of. It has an involving but by no means unpredictable storyline. The acting all round is impeccable as is the scenery , the score is lavish, the main characters are all beautiful and I did learn a little about the history of French Indo China ( a sad testement to my education no doubt!) The ending is most satisfactory and the love story hits all the right buttons. Watch this on a rainy Sunday afternoon!

reasonable

a little bit too long winded for me but overall not a bad film. could have been a lot shorter. aims at being an epic but there is just not enough in it to warrant that. cinematography is very good though and gives a good feel for the tradegy of vietnam