Too Beautiful for You
by Bertrand Blier
Our Price: $28.45
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $4.88 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Carole Bouquet, François Cluzet, Gérard Depardieu, Josiane Balasko, Roland BlancheDirector: Bertrand Blier
Cinematographer: Philippe Rousselot
Writer: Bertrand Blier
Editor: Claudine Merlin
Producer: Bernard Marescot
Producer: Catherine Blier Florin
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 91 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-11-05
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Too Beautiful for You
Movie Review: A parody of French romance that is a French romance.
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember seeing this when it came out, and I still have my vhs copy from long ago. I don't understand how anyone could call this too pretentious. Too farcical or silly maybe. But lines like, 'I vomited on your rug,' 'Take my rug but leave my husband' are pure comedy. It's a mockery of the pretentious. (Is that over the head of the local audience?) I think it's a really lovely movie that impressively combines comedy and drama.
Summary of Too Beautiful for You
Gerard Depardieu delivers a riveting (The New York Times) performance as a man torn between ethereal beauty and earthy passion in this hypnotic (Los Angeles Times) portrait of a most unusual love triangle. Winner* of five César Awards, including Best Picture, this witty, provocative tale offers fresh insight into the old, old story of marital infidelity (Variety). Bernard (Depardieu) has a stunningly gorgeous wife (Carole Bouquet), a thriving career and two beautiful children. But his enviable life spirals out of control when he falls madly in love with hisdecidedly plain secretary (Josiane Balasko). Could it be possible that physical beauty is finally no match for a woman who can touch a man's heart? *1990: Director, Actress (Bouquet), Screenplay, EditingIn the films of Bertrand Blier, love is a virus that sends its victims on a feverish fling of impulsive passion before leaving them abandoned and alone. The difference in Too Beautiful for You is an empathy and warmth rarely seen in Blier's often cynical work. Gérard Depardieu is the successful car dealer ambushed by Cupid when plain-looking secretary Josiane Balasko clumps into the office. It seems to defy all reason, how this frumpy, dumpy woman with eyes that caress lures Depardieu from elegant wife Carole Bouquet, a woman so poised and perfect she's more trophy than trophy wife, but love follows no reason. Neither does Blier's film, which dances through fantasies and flashbacks with the abandon of a daydream. It makes for a confusing story but a vivid experience, all passion and music and joy and pain: love, in all its obsessive, destructive ecstasy. --Sean Axmaker
Similar DVD Movies
ParisMpi Home Video; Release date: 2010-03-16; DVD
Best price: $8.72
Price in other shops:
![Preparez Vos Mouchoirs [DVD] Image](/images/Preparez-Vos-Mouchoirs-DVD-B000UEX4S6-X.jpg)
Preparez Vos Mouchoirs [DVD]Release date: 2011-06-29; DVD
Best price: $7.70
Price in other shops:
Chic & Slim Toujours: Aging Beautifully Like Those Chic French Womenby Anne Barone
The Anne Barone Company; Published: 2011-04-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.86
Price in other shops:
Jean De Florette / Manon of the Spring (Double Feature)TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT; Release date: 2007-07-24; Published: 1987; DVD
Best price: $12.56
Price in other shops:
Business AffairRelease date: 2002-04-02; DVD
Best price: $10.00
André Téchiné Four-Film Collector's Edition (Hôtel des Amériques / J'embrasse pas / My Favorite Season / Wild Reeds)Lions Gate; Release date: 2008-07-22; DVD
Best price: $24.34
Price in other shops:
PoticheMBF; Release date: 2011-07-19; DVD
Best price: $16.92
Price in other shops:
How Much Do You Love Me?Release date: 2007-12-04; DVD
Best price: $13.99
Price in other shops:
Buffet FroidRelease date: 1998-08-12; DVD
Best price: $29.74
PricelessFIRST LOOK HOME ENT.; Release date: 2008-11-18; DVD
Best price: $7.28
Price in other shops: