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  • 2012
  • Unrated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2012
  • Unrated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 43 m
Four Lovers

Summary two couples decide to explore the boundaries of their relationships by swapping partners. What starts as a fun, free-spirited ménage-a-4 experimentation full of sleepovers, shared vacations, and dinner parties soon turns into a hotbed of desire, anger, and confusion. As their arrangement leads them down an increasingly surprising and pro...

Directed By: Antony Cordier

Written By: Julie Peyr, Antony Cordier

  • 2012
  • Unrated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2012
  • Unrated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 43 m

Four Lovers

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary two couples decide to explore the boundaries of their relationships by swapping partners. What starts as a fun, free-spirited ménage-a-4 experimentation full of sleepovers, shared vacations, and dinner parties soon turns into a hotbed of desire, anger, and confusion. As their arrangement leads them down an increasingly surprising and pro...

Directed By: Antony Cordier

Written By: Julie Peyr, Antony Cordier

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Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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71% Mixed
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29% Negative
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50
Mar 29, 2012
Too lazy and too scared to say anything pertinent about love, society and the human condition, Four Lovers is content to be a pleasant, mildly titillating divertissement with no meaning at all.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 27, 2012
Cordier remains sensitive to the subtle shifts in the foursome's dynamics, but do we really need another handwringer about the perils of polyamory?
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50
Mar 26, 2012
This handsome mate-swapping drama never moves beyond the erotic to become incisive about the barriers built into sexual experimentation for committed couples.
By Bill Weber FULL REVIEW
40
Apr 5, 2012
Inevitably, however, this oh-so-cosmopolitan setup gradually devolves into resentment, messy romance, and marital strife.
By J.R. Jones FULL REVIEW
40
Mar 27, 2012
Close to a parody of a French sex drama - complete with bored, bourgie bed-swappers and a dull sense of amoral sophistication - this autopiloted import does no favors to the legacies of Truffaut and Godard.
By Joshua Rothkopf FULL REVIEW
38
Apr 4, 2012
You know there's something wrong with a sex movie when the good parts are the dialogue.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
38
Mar 30, 2012
Antony Cordier's Four Lovers offers only dull characters playing for extremely low stakes.
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Production Company Why Not U.S., Why Not Productions, France 2 Cinéma, Canal+, France Télévisions, CinéCinéma, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), La Région Île-de-France, Société des Producteurs de Cinéma et de Télévision (Procirep), Angoa-Agicoa
Release Date Mar 30, 2012
Duration 1 h 43 m
Rating Unrated
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Tagline A mature and brave look at modern relationships.
Website https://www.facebook.com/Happy-Few-131736050202902/
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Awards

Venice Film Festival
• 2 Nominations

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