Redundant and unnecessary.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Beautiful cinematography and editing that seamlessly cut between the main character's banter and the cinematic nostalgia of older films. thoroughly enjoyed the fine threading between the dreamlike perspectives of the characters and the dreamy cinematic extracts. bertolucci was able to successfully portray the characters so tastefully despite their unconventional and eccentric characteristics. this is a movie i can watch over and over again and be completely enthralled and impressed by every time. the actors carried their characters handsomely and the execution of the entire film was splendid! one of my favourite films!

Two words it could describe this movie: "Beautifully Shocking".The film is constantly moving between opposite poles, as is normal in youth, which is displayed as it is: tough, wild, contradictory ..... and beautiful.The events occurred in the Paris of 1968, where glamor and intellectualism went hand in hand. That was a time of change in which culture was still strong enough to get people out to the streets to demonstrate. Beyond all this, Bertolucci focuses on how young people are discovering each other, with a capacity of wonder, freshness, intelligence, ingenuity, sensuality that adults usually do not have.  The movie has that unmistakable flavor of the experience of youth which leaves its mark and is never forget.9,5/10

Bertolucci movies are always awesome but this... this is a movie about individualism, communism, violence, revolution and incest relationships. So it contains the most important topics that we must examine. The movie makes you think about yourself, and suddenly you can't stop thinking.. Eva Green says "It's about a twin sister and brother who have a passionate, almost incestuous relationship. They meet an American student and become friends with him. The three of them start playing mind games involving sexual forfeits, based on the movies. They try to reach beyond the limits, to see how far they can go. They experiment with their emotions, their sexuality. It is very Bertolucci."Must see..

One of the sexiest films that pays tribute to films and film buffs.Aficionados is a rather nice term of a buff as I learnt through movie many years ago. Firstly, thanks to my friend Raghuveer who let me know of this film and since that happened nearly 5 years ago, I watched it multiple times. When I revisited this film yesterday, I loved the whole of it again. A film buff (Mathew) in Paris meets friends, a brother (Theo) and a sister (Isabelle) and they talk films, make out and face reality.It's a movie that makes a comment on how different is life from movies, we just can't be dreaming for a better world, dreaming about movies, living movies. Reality is a choice while in movies, the actors have choice. The last scene is all about that is what I believe.Set in 1968 and mostly shot indoors, the art direction is good nevertheless and the cinematography sets the mood perfectly. Camera takes it's time for making us settle to the characters which are idiosyncratic and Matthew seems to be trying in touch with reality while Isabelle (Eva Green) claims herself to be purist and thus, does not even watch TV. Theo is another film buff and he is an introvert as it seems, he rarely gets out and is stuck with his sister most of the time. The music plays it's part in bringing the sound of 1968 alive, and though this si set in Paris, we hear to English songs more than the French. Now, on the whole this movie seems to be actually more about the sexual tension between the three characters than about their passion for films, as I figured out. It can also be termed as incestuous as brother and sister have fun too. There are lot many scenes, not one that point out their tension and what they desire from each other, yes there are scenes about their favourite movies, like who is good, Keaton or Chaplin and glimpses of few very old good movies, even French movies and about Truffaut too, but all are just leads to what happens between the three. Surprisingly, when their parents find out that the three have 'made out' they stick to silence and that surprised me each time I saw this and has now made me realise that it's the best thing they can do.All in all, it's a great film by Bernardo Bertolucci and a 4/5 would be apt for the sexiest tribute to films, just wish it was more about films than sex.