....and definitely not for me. Completely impenetrable to anyone not familiar with the book it was based on (none of the characters are introduced, some are barely differentiated), and thoroughly unengaging. For a film that centers so much on the importance of memory, it tells (in a manner of speaking) the story of a life that's hardly worth remembering; Proust himself is a boring character, and so is every other person he meets! The film is filled with famous actors, but none of them make much of an impression (with the exception of John Malkovich, who is rather ridiculous). And even the sumptuous production values are not any higher than those of a typical "Poirot" (David Suchet) episode. Raoul Ruiz does some of his customary amazing camera tricks (he is a virtuoso), but with this film time is only lost, not regained. * out of 4.
Review of Marcel Proust's Time Regained
