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Yes, it was disappointing. At first the gentle pace appeals: the innocuous flight of the insistent ballon is a metaphor of childhood delight as it follows the little boy, but the theme never really develops. The domestic quibbles and trivial travails of Juliette Binoche are pointless. The neo-realist cinematography is irritating: we endlessly view scenes through opaque windows. There is no dramatic tension. Better to have re-released the 1956 classic than this 'homage'.
3/10
6.7.2008 - iispiral@ - age: 50+

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A very disappointing film. The red balloon is a red herring. Binoche is great as usual and the kid is also excellent, but they had very little to work with. There is no story and no character development. It's alright if you want to see shots of a Paris suburb and see people eating bread and drinking wine. There's not much more to it.

4/10
5.20.2008 - romanelison@ - age: 26-35

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Hou needs to continue making films outside of Taiwan. He has an interesting set of eyes as an outsider, discovering new cultures and landscapes. What Hou achieved with Cafe Lumier in Japan, I feel he achieved this time around in France. I never thought I would ever see a neorealist (well it is not really a neorealist piece) It shares all the common sensibilities of a new Taiwan cinema piece, in a French production. I was hesitant to watch this at first, but am very pleased that I followed through with my selection.

8/10
5.18.2008 - brian_rocafort@ - age: 18-25

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