Bitter Moon
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Movie Reviews of Bitter Moon
Movie Review: Only one redeeming feature
Summary: 2 Stars
The psychodrama in this movie was overblown to the point of boredom. It was difficult to care for any character other than the one played by Kristin Scott Thomas. Her performance, and a surprising twist near the end - which alone kept me from regretting seeing the entire film - brought the dark, ugly, unfunny movie up to two stars.Movie Review: eh...
Summary: 2 Stars
OK, so I'm not a Polanski aficianado. This is a long movie, but at times feels like an eternity. Superb casting, but the story? Eh...I couldn't care less.Movie Review: Atrocious
Summary: 1 Stars
I admire director/actor Roman Polanski very much; not only because he can be a consumate filmaker and has made some of the more interesting films of the late 20th. Century, but also because he has managed to surive the loss of his family to the Nazi gas chambers, the loss of his pregnant wife to the Manson lunatics as well as many other problems."Bitter Moon", in my opinion, has no redemming features whatsoever. If I didn't know that Polanski was involved I never would have believed it. The script is trite, corny and shallow. The acting performances, without exception, are utterly pedestrian and completely unbelievable.
In case anyone believes that my distaste for "bitter Moon" stems from its sexual or violent content let me assure you that is certainly not the case. I did, however, find the sexual content to be absolutely laughable. I am a great fan of intricate and thoughtful movies; some of my favourite directors are Atom Egoyan, Krystof Kiewslowski, David Lynch, Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, David Cronenberg, Akira Kurosawa and, indeed, Roman Polanski.
However intricate, deep, simple or spectacular a film may be, it must be engaging. In my opinion, "Bitter Moon" is a laborious and boring film. I wouldn't be surprised if Polanski wishes he had never made it.
Movie Review: Long and Boring
Summary: 1 Stars
I find that the film was very long because it did not depict anything new as the story enfolded. A relationship between two people who are so engrossed in each other for superficial reasons is bound to fail. What is boring is that the only thing they had interest in was sex. The script does not instruct the audience about what two people who are in love can do to further their relationship. It does not depict interesting situations like manipulation or control or playing hard to get, etc. It does depict how cruel one partner can be to another. Moreover, why a victim in a relationship would not want to leave and find someone else is unrealistic. A dog or cat would be a better companion than Peter Coyote's character. I find the revelation of the failed relationship uninteresting and the sexual obsession shallow. I would not find it entertaining to ever see this film again.