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Le dos rouge (2014)
Health warning
I don't think it is possible to die of boredom, but having seen this at the Berlin Berlinale 2015, I was beginning to change my mind. I guess it's supposed to be intellectual, but I didn't get it. No narrative, no engaging characters, no beauty. Null point! The cinema was full as is often the case at the Berlinale when the production team's own description is all that you have to guide you. That makes you regret sitting near the middle as escape means annoying your neighbours. Fortunately when even our neighbour who had arrived on crutches couldn't stand it any more and got up to hobble out, our route to freedom was open and we just avoided a possible early death.
The Artist (2011)
Manipulated ratings
The first 20 minutes was entertaining. The rest of the film you spend waiting for something, anything to happen. People started chatting in our full cinema to keep themselves entertained. There is a cute extremely well-trained animal in the film but there is also a serious absence of plot and just relying on 1920s style visuals with no story to follow for most of the film does not produce an evening's entertainment.
Having read the first few reviews here, I can only assume that someone has paid a team to boost the reviews for this film. For the marketing of this film, 10 stars, for its entertainment value 3 and that is pushing it. IMDb will have to think of something else besides a ten line limit to stop film ratings from being manipulated like this.