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Man of My Life, The

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 4 critic reviews
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Based on 6 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama
Written by:
Agnès de Sacy
Zabou Breitman
Directed by: Zabou Breitman
Release Date:
Theatrical: September 21, 2007
Running Time: 114 minutes, Color
Origin: France / Italy
Summary
RATING:
Starring Bernard Campan, Charles Berling, Léa Drucker, Jacqueline Jehanneuf, and Eric Prat
Frédéric, his wife Frédérique, and their entire clan are spending another summer in their family house deep in the verdant Provençale countryside. A solitary gay man, Hugo, has moved in next door. After a convivial dinner, Frédéric and Hugo stay up on the terrace until dawn, exchanging their radically different visions of love. Entirely unaware of their exchange, Frédérique nonetheless notices a distance opening up between her and her husband, and a powerful bond developing between Frédéric and Hugo--a bond that grows stronger daily. (Strand Releasing)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
If the film ultimately amounts to little more than a middle-aged coming-of-age story, it's richly imagined and filled fanciful touches in keeping with its passionate subject.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Abigail Deutsch
The film's arresting beauty--shots of a curtain blowing into a shadowed stairwell, or a meadow of sunflowers, or a head resting on a shoulder--is nearly enough.
Read Full Review >Variety David Rooney
A drama that steadily succumbs to self-conscious artiness, drunk on its own sense of contrived poetry and cloudy existential reflection.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
The Man of My Life is a sumptuously illustrated but shallow fable of the grass-is-greener conflict between freedom and commitment.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 5.6 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Daivd G. gave it an8:
I was certainly drawn to the father issues, interpersonal issues and sexual tension explored by this film. The photography was beautiful. I could watch it again.
Jonathan M. gave it a9:
This movie caught me off guard. Reviews had made me curious, but not excited. Possibly because of diminished expectations, I found it to be one of the most moving (and exciting) films I have seen in some time. It is also one of the most beautiful. My first reaction when it ended was that it was an excellent example of "sadder but wiser." On reflection, I think I would amend that to "sadder and wiser." I don't quite understand the critical antipathy. Like much of Kubrick, it will be reevaluated over time.
Jared M. gave it a7:
A bit self-conscious and perhaps pretentious, but insightful and, at times, heartbreakingly beautiful meditation on fear, regret and desire.
