Japan:90 min / Canada:93 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Awards
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3 wins & 2 nominations
Overwiew :Julien is endlessley energetic and precociously brilliant, but unable to bear the heartbreak of his mother's impending death. Sohpie is wildly imaginative, mischievous and determined to be different, yet in search of someone who'll both accept and love her. When they meet one another, everything changes. They begin what seems to be a child's momentary amusement. Soon, the game has become something far more larger and thrilling than the sad and dissapointing world around them.
San Francisco Chronicle - Ruthe Stein : ...one of the least charming French romances to find American distribution in recent years. more...
D
ReelViews - James Berardinelli : If you like romantic movies but find Hollywood's increasingly sterile formulas to be a poisonous bore, Love Me if You Dare offers an antidote. more...
B
New York Times - Stephen Holden : ...as the movie glides along, its story turns considerably darker than those of its fluffy, candy-colored forerunners. more...
C+
New York Post - Jonathan Foreman : Slick but painfully precious, it strains to be darkly romantic but is bereft of genuine feeling. more...
C-
Hollywood Reporter - Judith Prescott : A quirky, whimsical love story. more...
B
filmcritic.com - Jules Brenner : What started out as warm, compelling drama contrives its way to something cold and uncompromising. more...
B-
E! Online - The forced wackiness and whiplash-inducing camera moves owe everything to Amélie but share : http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Movies/Reviews/0,1052,88452,00.html more...
Chicago Tribune - Robert K. Elder : It's a pitch-black, Grimm Brothers-style fable that enchants, frustrates and ultimately dares you to love it. more...
B
Spliced Online: Ralph Readymade for Tragic Russian Romance - Directed unevenly by his sister, Fiennes is once again a sullen lover as Pushkin's 'Onegin.' : http://www.splicedonline.com/00reviews/onegin.html more...
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