What a waste of my time!!!

A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

"Going Places" is the English title of a 1974 French film with two of the famous actors of the era, Gérard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere, as freewheeling hoodlums of highly questionable morality. The episodic movie follows their adventures as they try to, among other things, live without working and give pleasure to frigid to women. The latter endeavor includes seducing a soldier's bride on a train, literally chasing a woman through the streets, picking up a woman randomly as she leaves prison, and what becomes their ultimate challenge, giving pleasure to Marie-Ange, who is all too willing to have sex but has never had an orgasm.No one would ever accuse this movie of being politically correct. It is sexist, the heroes are brutish criminals, but the point isn't really that they're doing anything noble or should be forgiven for their sins. It is more of a meditation on self destruction, although I think the fun of this movie is just the tragic black comedy of their hopeless adventures, not analyzing it for some deeper meaning.I enjoyed the soundtrack a lot, well the main theme that kept being repeated, and the credit music was a perfect coda. This is a great French film from the 70s, check it out.

Gerard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere are two small time criminals who spend each day stealing cars, bicycles, and money, seemingly without remorse. Right from the start, we see the pair of misfits following a woman down a street carrying a bag of groceries. At her doorway, they get intimate while eating her food and stealing purse.They next proceed to take a car for a joy ride and then bring it back to the owner, who pulls a gun and threatens to call the police. He shoots Dewaere in the groin but they manage to get the gun from him and take off with his girlfriend, a young blonde named Marie, who later explains that the guy is her boss at a beauty salon. The trio go to another place and Marie gets it on with a third guy who complains that she just lies there with no emotion during sex. The first two have the same experience with her. They come upon a middle aged woman walking alone carrying a suitcase. They convince her to tag along with them to a store where she buys clothes with money they provide to her. Next up is a three way at a hotel, after which she kills herself. They find letters in her suitcase from her son who is getting out of prison. They introduce him to their blonde friend, Marie for more sexual escapades. They join him for a supposed robbery which turns into a shootout. Back to Marie in yet another stolen car which breaks down near a lake. They see a family at a picnic and leave with their car and also take the teenage daughter for a ride. She provides more fun for the boys and Going Places doesn't really have a conventional ending.

A few reviewers have mentioned the word 'misogynist' in connection with this film. I'd say the makers don't just hate women, but all humankind. It's hard to understand why most of the reviews laud this, but as another reviewer pointed out, it is the kind that attracts those who drag their knuckles when they walk.It's obvious that the creator of this film not only hates but fears women.It is one of the sickest fantasies made, and if that attracts some sickos, let me add that it is not very well made. (Think of a spotty adolescent with an 8mm camera.)Please. Don't. waste. your. time.

I loved Dewaere in Series Noir. His talent is trivialized in "The Waltzers" aka "Going Places". Okay, it's a couple of guys flaunting convention in the most absurd and irredeemable ways; many folks find such behavior amusing. This was a boring, pointless exercise designed to shock. I find the smirk on Blier's face, the face behind the camera, annoying. Series Noir was a valid expression of personal liberty and licentious behavior. From the first moment when we see Patric Dewaere prancing in the abandoned lot we get an idea of the bewilderingly beautiful anti-hero we'll be spending time with for the next couple of hours. When we see him chasing the hapless middle aged female with his buddy Depardieu in "Going Places" we have fair warning that two hours spent with these chaps will be soul-draining. I have trouble eking even a "3" for this annoying distraction.