Balzac
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Movie Reviews of Balzac
Movie Review: Why would you ever DUB OVER Gerard Depardieu???/This version should be eliminated!
Summary: 1 Stars
GREAT STORY/GREAT FILM/HORRIBLE edtion. GET THE PREVIOUS VERSION/THIS ONE HAS A REALLY REALLY REALLY BAD ENGLISH VOICE-OVER DUB...So bad it hurts!!! I rented this version of Balzac from the video store tonight originally thinking it was the only version. I, like the other reviewers here, was horrified to find Gerard Depardieu's voice being dubbed over by someone who sounded like "Daddy Seaver" on the horribly cheesy 80's sitcom Growing Pains. It had the same screachingly criminal effect as, say dubbing over Laurence Olivier in "Wuthering Heights" with the 'hey dude' voices/tones found in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. I immediately called the video store back to find out if there was another version of the same film (preferrably one IN FRENCH with English subtitles) WHICH THERE WAS. They exchanged it with no hassle. Now I can sit down and enjoy what looks to be a great film of one of the most exemplary literary figures in French history. Don't waste your time with this newly released in Lion's Gate 2006/2007 version. Get the older 1999/2000 Fox Lorber/Bravo version!Movie Review: Making Balzac English Spoken is an abomination!
Summary: 1 Stars
I unfortunately got this substitute for the real thing. I did not have the imagination to even think that you would make Jeanne Moreay, Depardieu og Fanny Ardant speak english and ruin the whole film in the process.
Whoever made that stupid decision should be kicked in the bud for a week, because not only have this person undone most of the nerve in the film, the fact that you can get this version, has made the original version almost impossible to get.
If one cannot bear listening to French, and the saw dusted tounge of Jeanne Moreau, which is so much the very essence of Balzac's mother - One should not attemt to even see Balzac.
Let us have the choise of the real thing and burn this copy in Hell.
Movie Review: Gerard DUB-pardieu
Summary: 1 Stars
WARNING! Allow me to join the group of other naysayers about this insult of an edition from Lionsgate. The English dubbing sounds like a bunch of wacky and untalented college kids snuck into the film studio and, as a joke, recorded their own soundtrack to this telemovie. And nobody at Lionsgate caught the mistake before releasing it to unsuspecting patrons like myself. Some joke. I couldn't make it past twenty minutes. Imagine the great Jeanne Moreau talking like Selma Diamond and you'll have some idea to how excruciating this version is. Depardieu is closer to Howie Mandel for all you Mandel fans (include me out, please.) In a single word: Irresponsible.Movie Review: What a load of horrible overdubbing.
Summary: 1 Stars
There is no French soundtrack on this DVD to go with the legendary French actors. There is just an English subtitle with HORRIBLE english overdubbing. The voices are woefully miscast, even worse if you are familiar with the famous French actors true voices. And the Foley work is just amateurish. It was a total distraction throughout the whole 3 hours. Absolutely a waste, with little entertainment value. Stay clear and try to find a version with original dialogue (and English subtitles if necessary).Movie Review: Worst Dubbing Ever
Summary: 1 Stars
I did not realize that this version was English only. It is the worst voice over I have ever heard. I will be buying the French version of this ASAP. BEWARE this is terrible I only made it through five minutes.