A well produced mystery period piece that spans important events (The French Revolution, the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte), the film is tripped by its barely coherent global narrative linking some good scenes. A viewer has to ask what the larger point is, and is left with abundant head scratching moments. On the other hand, this is also a good example of how making a mystery too mysterious (even though it might not really matter) can backfire.
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The black book you would rather be reading instead of watching this movie
Alexandre155330 October 2018
Warning: Spoilers
This is not good.
The story is miserable. Absolutely miserable. Things just happen, reaching for predictable or ridiculous twists that are never explained. What kind of movie is this actually? It feels like it tells you nothing. Starts as sort of a conspiracy movie, but that heads nowhere because then it becomes a romantic movie, but that also goes nowhere because suddenly it's about the maid who's actually a princess and then it's an epic about war. Sounds thrilling, sounds like an epic movie? Well, it just sounds, because the result is incredibly dull. And bad. The acting is just ok.
2 stars for th effort. It tries to be visually appealing, and it is most of the times. But not even that is enough (plus, for a movie where the characters are supposed to travel across Europe, most of the times it feels like they don't leave the rooms).
The story is miserable. Absolutely miserable. Things just happen, reaching for predictable or ridiculous twists that are never explained. What kind of movie is this actually? It feels like it tells you nothing. Starts as sort of a conspiracy movie, but that heads nowhere because then it becomes a romantic movie, but that also goes nowhere because suddenly it's about the maid who's actually a princess and then it's an epic about war. Sounds thrilling, sounds like an epic movie? Well, it just sounds, because the result is incredibly dull. And bad. The acting is just ok.
2 stars for th effort. It tries to be visually appealing, and it is most of the times. But not even that is enough (plus, for a movie where the characters are supposed to travel across Europe, most of the times it feels like they don't leave the rooms).
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