« Isn’t the idea of living for oneself anathema to marriage? Somehow, most of us married people tend to believe that, if only to protect us from having to come clean about our own inappropriate thoughts, desires or, God forbid, actions. But « Happily Ever After » has the guts to suggest the obvious: that marriages aren’t indistinct blobs created from the smooshing together of two people, but meetings of selves, with all the complications, hazards and risks that meeting implies. »
From a Salon review of Ils se mari�rent et eurent beaucoup d’enfants.
I saw this movie tonight and enjoyed it, even though I’m no longer used to the « messiness » of French films. The script wasn’t perfectly tight but that was actually refreshing. It also felt very « French » to me in its way of depicting the male/female relationships. But couplehood (and its challenges) is quite universal…
Et puis comme le personnage jou� par Charlotte Gainsbourg, moi aussi je veux rencontrer Johnny Depp dans une FNAC � Paris et… partager l’�coute d’un album de Radiohead avec lui.