Romance

Name: Romance
Genre: Drama, Romance, Adult, Adult
Released: September 17, 1999
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 49

1999

METASCORE

Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews

See All

USER SCORE

Generally favorable reviews based on 20 Ratings

See All

6.5

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

6.5	Your Score
6.5	User Score Generally favorable reviews based on 20 Ratings

Would you like to write a review?

There is a 75 character minimum for reviews. If your review contains spoilers, please check the Spoiler box. Please do not use ALL CAPS. There is no linking or other HTML allowed. Your review may be edited for content. 0/5000

Check box if your review contains spoilers

Play Sound

Please enter your birth date to watch this video:

You are not allowed to view this material at this time.

Romance

Now Playing: Romance

Movie Details & Credits

Trimark Pictures | Release Date: September 17, 1999 | Unrated

Summary: A provocative portrait of a young French woman, Marie (Trousselard), and her journey to gain control of her life. Marie embarks on an escalating sexual journey that tests her own physical and emotional limits, and which, through an ironic twist-of-fate, eventually leads to her fulfillment. (Trimark Pictures)

Director: Catherine Breillat

Genre(s): Drama, Romance, Adult, Adult

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 84 min

See All Details and Credits

Watch Now

Buy on

Stream On

Metascore

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

Critic Reviews

Film.com Ernest Hardy

One of the best films of this year...unlike anything you've seen on the big screen. Read full review

Jami Bernard

No other mainstream movie has so openly tackled the subject of female sexual experience. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

There's never been a movie director like Catherine Breillat, a fearless visionary and one hell of a woman. Read full review

Janet Maslin

Hovers between passion and philosophical argument without fully achieving its ambition to fuse the two. Read full review

Peter Travers

A cheerless exercise.

Dallas Observer Jean Oppenheimer

The fact that Romance was written and directed by a woman doesn't make the film any better; it simply makes it objectionable on other grounds. Read full review

TNT RoughCut Christopher Brandon

The film so strongly fixates on strange, explicit sexual acts that it forgoes any emotional (i.e. romantic) aspects of sex.

SEE ALL 26 REVIEWS

Write a Review

User Reviews

mr-NachoMen

May 13, 2018

Romance... is it really any romance in this?
First of all is an French art house film that contains explicit sex scenes, but of course, one of the actors is an porn actor!!! what can you expect?
The story... where to begin besides that is really slow to the point that get boring after aRomance... is it really any romance in this?
First of all is an French art house film that contains explicit sex scenes, but of course, one of the actors is an porn actor!!! what can you expect?
The story... where to begin besides that is really slow to the point that get boring after a while. The story consist of a girl named Marie played by Caroline Ducey who's boyfriend refuses to have sex with her, so, she goes looking for a series of sexual encounters until she engaged into sadomasochism... wait... is this Fifty shades of Grey? well... no... but that part of the movie reminds me to it.
The acting... well... it's boring, actors look and sound like if they didn't want to be there, so, that's a bad sign, right?
It's not exactly a bad film, it has it's moments but the slow pacing and boring acting make it plain tedious, aparently the only parts of the film that look a bit more interesting are the sex scenes even if they are explicit and make you feel uncomfortable.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

SEE ALL 1 REVIEWS