James Franco's made enough films to gain some genuine craft. He gets the period details right, and there are a few truly affecting touches. The cast is fine, yet the leads curiously lack chemistry. The jarring leaps in narrative don't help matters
James Franco 's love triangle is clearly enamored of film history and the French New Wave, and that enthusiasm helps somewhat, but the characters never really come to life or connect with one another
flat-footed performances, a shoddy script, sloppy filmmaking and faux-clever homages to directors like Godard, Truffaut and Bertolucci that will probably only entice viewers in, well, the first year of film school, should they happen to see it
by Alex Saveliev [Film Threat ]
by Jeffrey M. Anderson [Common Sense Media ]
by Jennie Kermode [Eye for Film (UK) ]
