Drawn in by an exciting trailer, I made the mistake of seeing this dull, stultifying, exasperating and endless film. Since I knew it was about a British heroine parachuted into Vichy France, I was expecting something along the line of the marvellous "Odette" of the 1950s, Odette being a real-life heroine who endured much hardship while aiding the French resistance. The trailer certainly indicated an action flick.
The plot is absurd. Cate opens her legs for an RAF flier the first night she meets him (slut alert) and, when he disappears in France a few days later, she decides to find him (getting a number of French underground fighters killed along the way).
Cate Blanchard is incredibly annoying. I yearned for her to be machine-gunned by a Nazi! In fact, I ached to have everyone machine-gunned halfway through the film so that I could go home!
It is a true "woman's" film in the classic sense. Few men would waste their time with this, for less than a case of beer and a pizza.
I gave it a "2" out of ten. Largely because it is visually beautiful and very well photographed.
The plot is absurd. Cate opens her legs for an RAF flier the first night she meets him (slut alert) and, when he disappears in France a few days later, she decides to find him (getting a number of French underground fighters killed along the way).
Cate Blanchard is incredibly annoying. I yearned for her to be machine-gunned by a Nazi! In fact, I ached to have everyone machine-gunned halfway through the film so that I could go home!
It is a true "woman's" film in the classic sense. Few men would waste their time with this, for less than a case of beer and a pizza.
I gave it a "2" out of ten. Largely because it is visually beautiful and very well photographed.