Times Have Been Better
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Movie Reviews of Times Have Been Better
Movie Review: Good-hearted and smart
Summary: 5 Stars
"Times Have Been Better" is the story of a middle-class French family confronting a collection of long-simmering relationship problems in the aftermath of the much admired older son's announcement that he's gay. Just about everything about this film is intelligent and insightful (with the exception of the inept disc cover graphic.) All of the characters--gay son, younger brother, mother, father and assorted friends--are presented as real human beings owning a wide variety of hang ups, ambitions, egos and ongoing disappointments. Reliance on traditional coming out story cliches and stereotypes is generally well and creatively avoided in this particular family story, much to the benefit of the screenplay and the enjoyment of the viewer. The film's characters all eventually wise up in this film, but in plausible and intelligent ways. Interesting that this film was conceived and made in France. It's doubtful that the same effort could come out of Hollywood or even as an Indie production where these subjects have almost always been cliche-bound and focused on physical beauty over basic human behavior.Movie Review: wonderful entertainment and perfect in every regard
Summary: 5 Stars
The quality of this French tele-movie is so high that I expected it to have been one which received cinematic release.
The English subtitles are very well crafted and made enjoying the film to the utmost a breeze - stirring every emotion (including plenty of out loud laughter, and a few tears).
The 24 minute "behind the scenes" extra feature does a great job with supplementary information - in the main part reinforcing my own understanding and appreciation of the fimmakers' fully realised intentions.
I deeply cared about these characters, I loved how their stories evolved. As the writer states, it's not a guide to coming out - but it is certainly an ideal film for fostering awareness of the struggle faced even by "open minded" parents who have discovered that their envisioned future for their child will be needing some radical re-evaluation.
As close to perfect as any film I've seen and fully deserving five stars.
Movie Review: Loved This
Summary: 5 Stars
I can't believe it took this long for the DVD to arrive in the US (Sept 07) since it feels like ages ago that I saw this movie in Paris -- then took friends to see it in Toronto -- and then dragged friends to see it in NYC.
This is a wonderful and fun little film about what happens when you think you are going to get one type of reaction from loved ones, but get the opposite reaction instead, with hilarious result.
The cast is uniformly terrific, and I am sure that this movie will eventually be remade in the US with a US-based english-speaking cast...but it will be hard to beat the talented and charming cast in this French film.
Loved it loved it loved it. Highly recommended.
Movie Review: Great film
Summary: 5 Stars
This film is in French and has english subtitles so beware....
I loved this film as it ties the families story together quite well. You don't get much background just a good starting point for the begining of the main action.
Each member of the family has a brief plot point in the film, each deals with personal as well as family issues.
Unlike alot of movies that try this type of mulitple plot story line "Times have been Better" ties the story together well and leaves you at a conclusion that is well rounded and leaves a mystery.(just a little)
Movie Review: Spectacular European Class
Summary: 5 Stars
THE best coming out to the parents movie ever! Unfortunately the Europeans just have the upper hand over their counterparts across the Atlantic when it comes to serious film making. You couldn't possibly touch more nerves, more accurately and more convincingly than this film does. You'll definitely laugh and will probably shed a tear too. It's a film that encourages you to love and to be stoic in the face of the consequences. And it proposes that there can be some sort of golden middle path in the catastrophe that is family life. Absolutely breathtaking!