The Bridesmaid
by Claude Chabrol
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Actor: Aurore Clément, Benoît Magimel, Bernard Le Coq, Laura SmetDirector: Claude Chabrol
Brand: First RUN Features
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Original Language), Unknown
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 111 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-03-20
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: First Run Features
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Summary: 3 Stars
French master filmmaker Claude Chabrol's lastest film is a throwback to earlier works, yet somehow things don't quite come together as they should.
"The Bridesmaid" follows the Tardieu family, an upper class bourgeoisie group, as they struggle for love.
Christine (Aurore Clemnet), the mother, is going through problems with a new man in her life, the problem is he doesn't call her and skipped town. Then there's the youngest daughter, Sophie (Solene Bouton) who stays out late, steals money and hangs out with the wrong crowd. Next there is the oldest daughter Patricia (Anna Mihalcea) who is actually the only one not having problems. She's about to get married to a nerdy man.
And I've saved the best for last. Philippe (Benoit Magimel, who appeared in Chabrol's much better "The Flower of Evil"). Philippe doesn't like his mother's new boyfriend, in fact he doesn't seem to like people in general. He's a bit of a loner who keeps everything inside and pretends to have everything under control. With the absence of a father figure, Philippe has taken on the role of "man of the house". But Philippe's world is going to turn upside down when he meets one of the bridesmaid at his sister's wedding, "Senta" (Laura Smet).
Senta is a strange secretive person herself. Philippe doesn't know much about her but perhaps that's the attraction. The werid alluring secret woman (?).
Two begin a whirlwind secret affair. How fast are things going? How's this, after knowing each other for about a day Senta tells Philippe she wants to spend the rest of her life with him.
If all of this isn't bad enough one day Senta explains to Philippe the four ways in which people can prove there love to each other. One is write a poem, plant a tree, make love with someone of the same gender and finally the ever popular, kill someone.
Philippe is willing to plant a tree and write a poem but he's a little iffy on the other two, especially the killing someone part. That one seemed to catch his attention.
The main problem I have with "The Bridesmaid", which was based on a novel written by Ruth Rendell and co-scripted by Chabrol and Pierre Leccia, is the light way he treats the upper-class.
If you recall some of Chabrol's earlier works he always seemed to be looking down on these people. He was exposing their inner desires. They weren't as perfect and normal and happy as they pretended to be in front of others. They had secret longings and desires and often killed people.
"The Bridesmaid" follows in this vein, most of the time, but, when judgement time comes, Chabrol seems to soften up. Has he lost his fierce spirit that dominated films such as "Les Biches", "Wedding in Blood", and "The Unfaithful Wife"? Even his more recent "Comedy of Power" takes a light look at its subjects. There's a cynicism missing in his work of late.
If one comes away with anything after watching "The Bridesmaid" it's that love makes us do crazy things. We lose our ability to think clearly. But, here's a larger question to ask. Even if it is love's fault, shouldn't we still be held accountable?
Bottom-line: Lastest film by the French master Claude Chabrol lacks a cynicism his earlier works use to have and that ultimately hurts the film.
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