It pains me to write such a negative review of a film that looks and sounds so beautiful. Costumes, soundtrack, scenery, scenography, mood and atmosphere are wonderful, then acting is good and it's amazing to immerse oneself in the lovely atmosphere of the 50s and 60s in NYC.
Although wrapped in a brilliant gold paper, Sylvie's Love is as trite as they come. The characters are shallow and act out of whims, their motivations non existent and their evolution as people is just as bad.
Especially the love story, which supposed to swipe us off our feet, is callously redundant, stereotypical and based on tired tropes that should be honestly over in 2020: a woman is engaged to a man at war in North Korea, has an affair with another man, a musician that ends up living her to go on tour in Europe. They meet again 5 years later. Guess what happens.
It is cheating and lying still considered romantic? Was it ever? We need to talk.
Although wrapped in a brilliant gold paper, Sylvie's Love is as trite as they come. The characters are shallow and act out of whims, their motivations non existent and their evolution as people is just as bad.
Especially the love story, which supposed to swipe us off our feet, is callously redundant, stereotypical and based on tired tropes that should be honestly over in 2020: a woman is engaged to a man at war in North Korea, has an affair with another man, a musician that ends up living her to go on tour in Europe. They meet again 5 years later. Guess what happens.
It is cheating and lying still considered romantic? Was it ever? We need to talk.