Film Review #5- Beautiful Lies

This review will be a quick one- it's 9:45pm and I'm going on holiday tomorrow morning (having said that, I want to do it now rather than in a week's time when I will have forgotten everything).

'Beautiful Lies' is a rom-com about a young woman, Emilie (played by Audrey Tautou) who recieves an anonymous love letter from the electrician who works at her hair and beauty salon, Jean. She decides to copy this letter and send it to her mother, who is still trying to recover from separating with her husband four years ago, to "bring her back to life". However, as is to be expected in any romantic comedy, all does not go as Emilie planned.

Ever since I watched 'Amelie' for the first time, I have been a fan of Audrey Tautou, so I was really looking forward to seeing this film. I have to say, it did live up to my expectations. It was incredibly funny, and the plot was good as well- it wasn't too obvious what was going to happen (well, you always know the ending in these sort of films, but what was going to happen in the middle wasn't obvious from the start).

The characters were very well played-  I especially liked Jean, who at first is very quiet and polite, but becomes annoying and rude throughout the film. Another character I liked was Paulette, who worked with Emilie. Even though she was quite a minor character, I thought that her awkwardness and her facial expressions were hilarious.

I wish I could write more, but I don't have any more time- I might add to this review when I get back from holiday (if I can remember anything!).

Anyway, overall, it was a good, lighthearted comedy, which I would recommend to anyone who loves to laugh and doesn't like to look too far into the 'meaning' of a film. Basically, it's good fun, and if you expect any more than that, you'll be disappointed.

I'll give this film another
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Caitlin

P.S. Going to the Dordogne tomorrow! I'll be making a daily vlog, but I won't be able to post them until I get back so I'll be gone for a week.
Also, I have more exciting news- I'm going to a course of French cinema with my mum in September, which is at the Phoenix in Leicester. I'm so excited!