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Too Beautiful for You

Original title: Trop belle pour toi
  • 19891989
  • RR
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
2.8K
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POPULARITY
34,267
3,569
Too Beautiful for You (1989)
ComedyCrimeDrama
A sharp love triangle is formed by a wealthy businessman.A sharp love triangle is formed by a wealthy businessman.A sharp love triangle is formed by a wealthy businessman.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
2.8K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
34,267
3,569
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    • Director
      • Bertrand Blier
    • Writer
      • Bertrand Blier
    • Stars
      • Gérard Depardieu
      • Josiane Balasko
      • Carole Bouquet
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Bertrand Blier
    • Writer
      • Bertrand Blier
    • Stars
      • Gérard Depardieu
      • Josiane Balasko
      • Carole Bouquet
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 12User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 7 nominations

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    Gérard Depardieu, Carole Bouquet, and Josiane Balasko in Too Beautiful for You (1989)
    Gérard Depardieu and Josiane Balasko in Too Beautiful for You (1989)
    Gérard Depardieu, Carole Bouquet, and Josiane Balasko in Too Beautiful for You (1989)
    Gérard Depardieu, Josiane Balasko, and Denise Chalem in Too Beautiful for You (1989)
    Gérard Depardieu and Josiane Balasko in Too Beautiful for You (1989)
    Gérard Depardieu and Josiane Balasko in Too Beautiful for You (1989)
    Josiane Balasko and François Cluzet in Too Beautiful for You (1989)
    Gérard Depardieu in Too Beautiful for You (1989)
    Gérard Depardieu and Carole Bouquet in Too Beautiful for You (1989)
    Gérard Depardieu and Carole Bouquet in Too Beautiful for You (1989)
    Carole Bouquet in Too Beautiful for You (1989)
    Too Beautiful for You (1989)

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    Gérard Depardieu
    Gérard Depardieu
    • Bernard Barthélémy
    • (as Gerard Depardieu)
    Josiane Balasko
    Josiane Balasko
    • Colette Chevassu
    Carole Bouquet
    Carole Bouquet
    • Florence Barthélémy…
    François Cluzet
    François Cluzet
    • Pascal Chevassu
    Roland Blanche
    • Marcello
    Myriam Boyer
    • Geneviève
    Denise Chalem
    • Lorène
    Didier Bénureau
    • Léonce
    Philippe Loffredo
    • Tanguy
    Stéphane Auberghen
    • Paula
    Jean-Louis Cordina
    • Gaby
    Jean-Paul Farré
    • Le pianist
    Richard Martin
    • Man on the Tram
    Philippe Faure
    • Le mari de Colette
    Juana Marques
    • La fille
    Flavien Lebarbe
    • Le fils
    Catherine Gillet
    • La femme du train
    • (uncredited)
    Sylvie Orcier
    • Marie-Catherine
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Bertrand Blier
    • Writer
      • Bertrand Blier
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    Storyline

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    • Quotes

      Colette Chevassu: Beauty hurts.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The Hunt for Red October/House Party/Courage Mountain/Rosalie Goes Shopping/Too Beautiful for You (1990)
    • Soundtracks
      Impromptu Opus 90 No 2
      Music by Franz Schubert

      Piano: Odette Gartenlaub

      édition CINE VALSE - D.D. PRODUCTIONS - ORLY FILMS -S.E.D.I.F.

    User reviews12

    Review
    Top review
    too boring for me
    Bertrand Blier is the French Pedro Almodovar: cynical and shocking. Either you love, either you hate his movies. Some of them have divided French public due to their shocking contents, notably "Les Valseuses" (1974). "Trop belle pour toi" appears like an exception in his work. It means that taste of Blier for provocation is less pronounced. However, it doesn't make the movie better for all that. It doesn't work for several reasons:

    first, it's hard to follow the plot because Blier introduces sequences that are earlier or subsequent to the present scene. For example, we realize too late that Colette ( Balasko) after she left Bernard, married with a man and she had children. The movie ignores certain sequences that are however essential to the development of the plot.

    Then, the movie irritates due to its main characters, it goes without saying that dialogs are the key to the good development of the plot. But here, you are under the impression that the characters don't exchange their words. They're talking in the emptiness and don't seem to care about the others' opinion!

    Let's add that the movie, sometimes, creates a certain boredom because of some lifeless sequences that drag on (notably during dinners in Depardieu's ravishing house with his wife ( Bouquet) and all their guests.

    In short, "trop belle pour toi" is a cold and no soul movie and it left me unsatisfied in spite of good ideas in the making ( Cluzet who expresses his anger with Schubert's music in the background played very loud). Even a trio of outstanding actors don't succeed in saving the movie.

    Remark: Carole Bouquet won an Oscar in France in 1990, for her performance in this movie. Good for her.
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    • Mar 16, 2003

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 1990 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • För vacker för dig!
    • Filming locations
      • Richmond, Virginia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Ciné Valse
      • DD Productions
      • Orly Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,776,440
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $31,208
      • Mar 4, 1990
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,776,440
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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