My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Friday, December 21, 2012

A Christmas Tale (2008) 12/21

This French drama about a dysfunctional family coming together for Christmas is a mixed bag.  While there are many intriguing characters and story lines it never gels.   My first impression is that it's a badly edited confusing mess, but this might be because I don't speak French.   You have sibling's who hate each other, a mother who hates her son who hates her back yet she's dying of leukemia and needs his bone marrow or she'll take it from her grandson, and a weird lovers swap between friends.   Catherine Deneuve's talent seems wasted and only Mathieu Amalric turns in a performance worth remembering; too bad he's so unlikeable.  To be blunt I was disappointed and felt I had wasted my time. Grade: C+ 
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