May 22, 2007

Le Pressentiment (2006)

3/5

Premonition, as its translated in English, is about a man who leaves behind his bourgeoisie life and helps out people in his slummy neighborhood. It is so weird in its portrayal of normalcy that I couldn't fully appreciate it because I couldn't really get into it. When I left the theater, I just tried wiggling the weirdness out of me, but to no avail. The movie kind of sort of had themes dealing with death, kindness, social strata's entrapments, but it never really delved into any of them and I didn't understand the point the movie was trying to make. Nor did I understand why things happened and why people/characters appeared and did the things they did. It used voice-over and yet did not gain anything from it, so why use it at all?

There were actually lots of funny parts that made me laugh. It wasn't overt humor like sketch comedy, but subtler, witty, bizarre happenings. Sometimes the comedy was a bit out of place though. The music and acting were adequate, but nothing special. Some shots were really good, but at times it got too artsy. The editing was really well-done though. I wouldn't really recommend this movie to anyone I know. I don't think it's a bad movie, I just don't know what anybody would see in it.

IMDb link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0474312/