Title: Complete Misfire
Product review: A film that had some potential - pointing out the foibles of both the Americans and the French - quickly dissolves into a distasteful and annoying stew of one cliche after another - the vulgar and ugly Americans, the arrogant French, the spoiled daughter, etc., with some of the scenes being downright embarrassing. Even the usually reliable Gerard Depardieu may start out with an energetic and engaging performance, but he too soon succumbs to a terrible screen play. How this won both Best Film and Best screenplay at Venice, and how this could be the product of the great French New Wave director Alain Resnais (Hiroshima Mon Amour, Last Year At Marienbad, Providence) are enigmas that will not soon be solved.
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