Review of Vidocq

Vidocq (2001)
3/10
Awful
14 May 2003
When I heard that Pitof, who's been responsible for the special effects in the Jeunet (& Caro) team, was making a movie, I couldn't wait.

What a disappointment! He didn't make a movie, he made a gigantic trailer for a video game. Almost funny in its stupidity. No pace, no direction, no nothing, just "cool" visual stuff (I didn't find it cool personally). The acting is awful, seems like the actors didn't ever rehearse, just read the dialogues and go shooting. Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy making. They probably spent a week filming for 3 months of post-production.

There is no substance whatsoever in this flick, it's just another demonstration of poor taste and a desperate attempt at being trendy and make big money. I guess it's sort of entertaining for teenagers fed on 3D games, but it's nothing more than that.

Even the special effects were terrible in places...I can't believe it.

To the dustbin of cinema history!
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