Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by tinear (A) on April 26, 2011 at 15:13:28

disappoints. Four fast university friends are dominated by one of them, the precocious, respected-by-the-most-brilliant professor, André. André's source of power is a non-stop onslaught on the self-respect and creativity of his literary friends: he continually quotes to them a platitude by some third-rate commentator that to write is to be weak. As his friends ignore him and become successful, André's world begins to self-destruct.
I didn't find any of the young actors or actresses particularly talented (I agree with André!), nor did I find the Machiavellian tale very engrossing. In this rare case, Hollywood has far better captured the flavor, competitiveness, and tension of undergraduate life: David Fincher's, "The Social Network."
Either that year was particularly poor for Cannes entries or else the panel was drunk.