one of my absolute favorites!

A Disappointing Continuation

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Reminded of the sweet film Amélie when talking to a fellow IMDber about the Cinema Du Look movement,I felt that it was the perfect time to catch a glimpse of its lead star: Audrey Tautou.Planning to get Tautou movies on DVD,I got very lucky and stumbled on a movie of Tautou's online (with English Subs!) which led to me getting ready to pull the petals of love.The plot:Running into neighbour Dr.Loïc Le Garrec, Angélique finds herself quickly falling in love.Becoming obsessed with Garrec, Angélique starts making plans for them to go on holiday and to start a family. Learning that a patient is suing Garrec after they got into a fight, Angélique decides to pay the patient a visit,which causes the patient to die of fright. Seeing these events as making their love stronger, Angélique soon discovers that Garrec has a completely different perspective on their romance.View on the film:Taking the bones of the Erotic Thriller,the screenplay by co- writer/(along with Caroline Thivel) director Laetitia Colombani turns the sub-genre on its head with a quirky delight,which gives the extreme distance that Angélique goes to express her love a distinctively quirky edge. Cutting the title in half on a specific event,the writers brilliantly switch the films mood from playful Comedy to dark Thriller via giving Angélique's side a lightness that keeps everything skin-deep,which digs in as Garrec starts to becoming aware of the unfolding nightmare.Going blue for Garrec,director Colombani and cinematographer Pierre Aïm play the love game with a kind of blue,as stylish deep blue's soak up the romantic, breezy mood Garrec casts over Angélique.Opening up her private life, Colombani whirls the movie in a maze of colour, scatted across the screen in eye-catching, ill- fitting patrons matching the odds and fading ends that Angélique has used to make her dream romance painting. Trapped in an unknown romance, Samuel Le Bihan gives a great performance as Garrec, fuelled by Bihan giving Garrec busted nerves over the "gifts" Angélique sends him.Looking like a broken china doll, Audrey Tautou gives an excellent performance as Angélique,whose quirky warmth Tautou cleverly uses to boil a peculiar viciousness,which spills over as Angélique wonders if her loves me,or he loves me not.

We watched this film today in a French lesson and the whole class was hooked. A bunch of fifteen year old boys and girls sat totally enthralled by this movie. They even stayed in over their break to watch the end. So many turns and surprises and shocks! Gripping and shocking right until the very last second. Everyone was extremely shocked.A very very entertaining watch. The kids were extremely pleased and satisfied to solve the mysteries just as they were revealed on screen and were even more amazed when something totally unexpected happened! With fabulous actors and the beautiful and AMAZING Audrey Tautou!

This is a film for Audrey Tatou's fans.The young directress, from "Mes stars et moi" does very feminine films, not in the best sense. Perfect setting, chic everything, Art is all around, romance is all that matters, nutty, hysterical women, catchy pop tunes... Tatou does Angelique, but supposedly "mad" now. As she's not convincing at all, the movie falters.Beautiful Isabelle Carré, who starred "Maman est folle" and played the little girl in the gifted "Les enfants du marais", plays the doctor's wife, a character which never really leaves ground. Interestingly enough, she starred "Anna O." where she's, guess what, a loner who becomes in mad love with her doctor. ...Clément Sibony, who starred "l'envol" with Isabelle, is reportedly pretty handsome according to my female company while watching the film. He's very convincing in an unconvincing role. Nice Élodie Navarre, from Reporters (TV) and Love, etc. is wasted here, her character suddenly gains importance, for then disappearing. Héloïse's character is insipid, which is a pity for it probably was supposed to serve as counterbalance to Angélique, but goes off the story at the time it should be more present, that is, in the last 1/3rd of the movie.I've been told from a reputable cinema buff this film is a rip-off from "Fatal attraction" and the less obvious "The Crush (1993)" starring Alicia Silverstone as a 14 year old, the same mental age than Ángelique.I never understood the genre of the film. Creative Amazon reviewer Simon (ON) writes "romantic thriller" which is probably even right, although it proves that him as well as other reviewers can be more intelligent than the film itself.

With better execution this could have been a good movie. As it was, it veered from confusion to the obvious to the needless. Casting was not good in a picture where casting was critical.One critical flaw is we do not clearly understand when we jump from the viewpoint of the insane back to reality. This is a 'clever' idea if properly executed but leads merely to confusion if not.There is a kernel of a good story here but it is poorly told. The effort is worthy of a day time soap episode rather than a feature film.Character development leaves something to be desired, especially the Doctor and his wife. The 'boyfriend' is especially confusing as one is never really sure if he is anyone's boyfriend and, if so, who's? The final scene starts another story rather than giving a clear ending to a rather confused story.In better hands with better writing this could have been a good movie. As it is, it's rather disappointing.