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The Apartment
starring: Romane Bohringer, Vincent Cassel, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Monica Bellucci, Sandrine Kiberlain
directed by: Gilles Mimouni

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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: LION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT
EAN: 0031398197560
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 22, 2006
Running Time: 116 minutes
Sales Rank: 11916
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: 1996

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Product Description:
Max a young corporate hotshot leaves his successful new world behind to search for his elusive lost love Lisa. His mad quest begins after he accidentally overhears Lisa's melodic voice speaking in the phone booth next door. But before he knows it she is gone. Still he is so elated that he abandons his plans lies to his fiancee and after leaving his luggage with his pal Lucien sets off to find her. The hunt leads to a fabulous apartment where he saves a girl from a suicide thinking that she is Lisa. But this girl Alice is as drab and mousy as Max's Lisa is beautifully feline. Max becomes involved with Alice unaware that she also dates Lucien. Meanwhile the real Lisa attempts to break free from her obsessive rich lover who may have murdered his wife. For this reason she continues to avoid her apartment which she has generously loaned to Alice. When these characters collide the stage is set for a tragic denouement. System Requirements:Running Time: 116 MinutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: NR UPC: 031398197560 Manufacturer No: 19757

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Too Contrived
I have noticed the criticism of the quality of the Region 1 DVD. At times it does look like the cinematographer smeared a gel on the lens for a blurred effect. At other times it just looks blurred for no reason.

If that were the only reason I did not think much of this movie I would accept the mediocre quality and move on. But there are many other things that make this quite second-rate. One can start with the plot. It is not only convoluted but trite as well.

Yes, it is a story of obsessive love. Since you may not be able to tell the obsessives without a scorecard, and it does not give anything away, Max (Vincent Cassel) obsesses about Lisa (Monica Belluci), Alice (Romane Bohringer, a dead-ringer for Tracey Ullman) obsesses about Max. Daniel brings up the rear obsessing about Lisa. Lucien, Max's best friend, dates Alice but does not obsess. He is normal and, therefore, clueless throughout. ... Read More

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- a very french film about love in all its forms
The previous reviewer (Lim) did a great job of summarizing without giving anything away. Apparently, I liked this movie a whole lot more. This movie was a classic french love story - no hollywood ending here. The soul of the movie is best explained by Alice, as she is confronted by Max of her duplicity - Haven't you ever felt such love that you were willing to do anything? Love is the real main character. We see idealized love (Max and Lisa), we see obsessive love (almost all of the characters at one point), we see pragmatic love (Max and Muriel & Lisa for Daniel), etc. There is no right or wrong in this tale. According to Nietzsche, anything done out of pure love is never evil. Hmmm.... All types of love are displayed and the ending is most fitting for each character. I believe that Alice's character was the most intriguing as she starts obsessive and grows into true love.

This is one of those rare movies ... Read More

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- Spoiled by Subtitle Clutter
THE APARTMENT is a story whose complicated structure requires all of the viewer's concentration. If you are not competent in French, be prepared to have a hard time following the plot which consists of several flashbacks. The subtitles are of little value. Some of them are downright annoying; for example, "Sound of water pattering," and "car engine starts."

I plan to get the story and read it because I feel that somehow this film did not do it justice.

Rating:

- Better than the American copycat...probably
I'd already seen WICKER PARK which was practically a scene-for-scene remake of this film (except for the ending) -- so the mystery was gone. If you're not familiar with either film, be warned that these plots use flashbacks extensively, sometimes going over the same moment from different perspectives -- gradually revealing complex and interesting layers of the story. And, both movies cheat -- making the viewer think a person is somewhere, when in fact, they're somewhere else. For some, it'll be fun. For others, frustrating.

For a few reasons, I recommend seeing THE APARTMENT (L'APPARTEMENT) first. (1) It's the original. (2) It's easier to understand the man's obsession when the love object is Monica Bellucci rather than Diane Kruger. (3) It might be clearer to follow the time-hopping since Vincent Cassel uses radically different hairstyles to help with the distinction. (4) Vincent Cassel is more energetic and open ... Read More

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