Amazone
2000 Adventure / Comedy / Sci-fi
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Summary
Jewel thief Edouard takes refuge from the authorities and womenfolk in the
Amazonian forest, but his peace
is soon disturbed by the appearance of a strange young girl,
Lulu. Intelligent way beyond her years, Lulu reveals that she is
an extra-terrestrial – a fact which makes her the subject of a search
by a commando unit and an astronomer Dr Margaux. Unfortuantely,
Lulu has forgotten to bring with her the anti-ageing pills which keep
her young. Within a matter of hours, she will have aged to death…
Review
This sixth collaboration of actor Jean-Paul Belmondo and director
Philippe de Broca is one to be avoided at all costs. De Broca’s
imagination and energy have clearly been depleted by this stage in his
career, although it would take an army of Fellinis to make anything
special of the trite nonsense that masquerades as a
screenplay. Add to that a distinctly lacklustre performance from
Belmondo and a hypoactive Arielle Dombasle at her most painfully
annoying (she's obviously auditioning for a job as a presenter on childen's TV)
and what you get is very probably the most excruciatingly bad
piece of “family entertainment” for centuries.
© James Travers 2006 |
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