Movie #517 "I Love You, I Love You Not" --- well, it had all the ingredients for a movie I should love: it's about the holocaust, it stars Jude Law and Clare Danes and the wonderful Jeanne Moreau, it deals with rites of passage and teenagers, and it's based on a play by a famous playwright, female, no less. And it was good, but that's all --- just good. I expected it to have more depth, more to it. When it finally came to an end, I almost missed the significance, because it didn't appear to be going anywhere ---- it could be me and I was a bit tired, and the film was very talky (being based on a play), but I just expected a bit more. Boy oh boy, though, Clare Danes never ceases to amaze me. Very impressive. And the scenes with her grandma are nice, but the film overall felt very staged...........too big for the film. I couldn't my finger on it, but it just never had an ease about it, and I'm not sure why, because scenes with grandma and granddaughter should have some ease occasionally, and the direction in the film didn't show that. So this is a marginal recommendation. I expected it to have more depth. As it was, just so so.
I rated this 3 stars out of 5
I Love You, I Love You Not
(1996) PG-13
Based on the acclaimed play by Wendy Kesselman, this film tells the story of Daisy (Claire Danes), a shy teenager who conceals her Judaism from her classmates at a Manhattan private school. Daisy's closest friend is her grandmother, Nana (Jeanne Moreau). A Holocaust survivor, Nana tells Daisy of her youth spent in a concentration camp just as Daisy is experiencing anti-Semitism at her school. Only Nana can help Daisy through this difficult time.
Genre: Children & Family Movies, Dramas, Teen Movies, Teen Dramas, Teen Romance
This movie is: Emotional
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