ANATOMY OF A FALL Movie Review (NO Spoilers!) | Cannes | Neon | Sandra Hüller
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Sandra Hüller gives a masterful, multilayered performance in "Anatomy of a Fall," this year's Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or winner from director and co-writer Justine Triet. Hüller stars in this riveting drama as a writer accused of murdering her husband, who fell to his death from the top floor of their chalet. Did she push him? Was it an accident? Does it matter? Christy and Alonso have a spoiler-free review. Co-written by Arthur Harari. Co-starring Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado Graner and Samuel Theis. Opening in New York and Los Angeles Oct. 13 before going wider from @neonrated.
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Love the two of you together. You can tell you respect each other even when you disagree. Not since Siskel and Ebert have I enjoyed watching a duo review films. Much love to both of you for providing such quality reviews online.❤
So sweet, thank you!
don't believe them, this film was absolutely terrible.
@@biffsorenson693Nah, it was pretty good.
@@dariomouratidis6775 Sure, it was pretty good ... TO TAKE A TWO HOUR NAP in.
@@biffsorenson693 Haha
Their recorded argument/flashback was so well done (writing and acting) it's one of those scenes that will stay with you for quite a while.
So exquisitely tense!
movie sucked shit
The canine deserved an award at Cannes.
Sandra Huller deserves Best Actress Academy Award nomination for this film. She is absolutely incredible in this film. I also hope it gets a Best Picture nomination at next years Oscars.
It's such a good movie. Like the story isn't revolutionary or anything, but it's just so impeccably done
A lot of people are predicting Sandra is gonna get the nomination.
Typical academy will be biased against this performance as she's not American. Thats why I stopped watching shit show where merit rarely gets awarded. Instead they go for popularity, strong narratives, it's really biased in favour of American actors.
They snubbed Toni Colette in Hereditary, they are capable of snubbing this
I really liked the multiple references to "The Shining", A couple with a kid living in a distant house, the husband is reforming the house for an AirBnb (Hotel), the kid's name is Danny, (the haircut is even the same). From the perspective of someone who would investigate what happened to Jack Torrance after the end of "The Shining," they could easily suspect Wendy since the only witness is a kid. Also, Stephen King is mentioned in the tribunal sequence.
I found this film utterly compelling and it was exactly the length it needed to be. Great performances throughout and I loved the perpetual ambiguity. Glad you both enjoyed it.
Glad you did too!
its not ambiguous. At least its clear or strongly hinted at in the end. But its the depiction that matters. Had the ending been truly ambiguous it would not have been the movie it was. That ending made is all the more great.
Ugggg I am so glad I found this channel and can hear Christy reviewing films again. Anatomy Of A Fall is a movie that when I first watched it, I was very very into it, and being a former CSI officer I was very intrigued by how accurate the details of the investigation were. Not only that, Justine Triet's direction and writing, Sandra Huller's performance, and Laurent Senechal's editing all added up to a wonderful final product. That being said, I rated the movie 3 stars out of 4, with my mind going back and forth to possibly 3 1/2 stars. But the movie stuck with me over the next week, and I could not stop thinking about it. I watched it again a week later, (in the theater again) and immediately changed my tune to 4 out of 4 stars, and it ended up as #8 on my top 10 list. I can't wait to watch it a 3rd time, and I have no doubt it will be even better. Extremely happy that Justine Triet got the Director nomination. This is a case that even though I want Lanthimos to win, because Poor Things was my #1 movie of 2023, if Triet won, I would scream out an audible yell of excitement.
Thanks for finding us and sharing your thoughts! The film has so many layers and possibilities, it definitely merits repeat viewings.
I just KNEW this would be right up Alonso's alley!! SOOO nice to have a film with genuinely realistic adult dialogue!!!!! Yes Christie, here in France the final 30min was much complained about, but it is indeed important and also says something very very important that so many seem to have missed!!
The judicial system looks very different from ours here in the U.S.!
On first watch I was like”It was pretty good.” Then I mentally OBSESSED over it for days afterwards. So good.
So great when that happens!
Sandra Huller deserves Best actress, she's extraordinary in this movie.
She really is.
Hi C&A. We watched this last night and loved it. Sandra Huller is mesmerizing and I agree with all you said. It sits in my top 3 with "Poor Things" and "Past Lives". Thanks and happy new year to you both.
All great! Happy New Year to you, too.
I liked this way more than Poor Things, Past Lives, Oppenheimer, Flowers of the Killer Moon and The Holdovers. The script and acting were sublime. I've yet to see American Fiction and the Zone of Interest but looking forward to.
Haven't seen you since WTFlick. So happy to find you.
I was going to write and plead you to watch and review this movie. So excited that you loved it. Can't wait! Thanks U2
We are on top of it!
I’d like to think this movie is what happens if Mia and Sebastian from La Land Land got married.
One interesting aspect is both husband and wife English is not their first language and they are going at each other full bore in a second language and express themselves better than many where English is primary language.
Your comments about the fight between the married couple reminded me of my reaction to the fight in Autumn Sonata between Liv Ullmann and Ingrid Bergman. It made me so physically uncomfortable, I’ve never been able to watch the film a second time, despite loving it.
Great review and you both have an attractive energy and not only entertaining but keep it real, authenticity they call it nowadays, really lightened me up after an intense period of illness. I am going to see Anatomy Of A Fall + Recorded Q&A (Special Preview) at The Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, London on Wed 08 Nov 2023 the cast will be doing the Q&A
Very sweet of you, thank you and hope you're feeling better!
wonderful film that should stand out in this year's oscar race
Was there an implication that the lawyer might have actually thought she was guilty but helped her bc he still loves her?
Would love to see a couple of Oscar nominations go to this film!
That seems possible.
I just watched this streaming and it's certainly one of the best films of 2023. I predict she will get an Oscar nomination as will the screenplay (original) and best picture. It can't be nominated for International Feature because France selected another film over this one. The movie does not for certain say if she did it or not and that's not the point.
Yes that all makes sense and sounds good! Thanks for your thoughts.
Appreciate the reviews.
Too bad I never watch anything new.
Did that rhyme?
I do that at times.
I never once thought she murdered her husband and therefore felt the film lacked dramatic tension. Huller is great though.
Hello guys, I really enjoyed this review. Without spoilers you were able to talk substantially about this great movie
Thank you so much, that's our goal!
Christy Lemire, when you refer to loving the ending and the ambiguity, are you referring to the potential subtext of the hug?
Loved this movie! All my thoughts are spoilery so I won't say much, but I thought it was terrific how the trial slowly goes from evidentiary arguments to something almost purely speculative. That aspect of it felt like a critique of the way personalities and publicity can be used and abused to paint a narrative that even within a so-called "fair and impartial" court system. I was reminded of a certain really vitriolic trial from this year...
I'm not sure what you're referring to with the very last shot, but I will say I thought the dog in that last shot didn't really work for me. Loved everything else about the ending and the ambiguity of that ending, and the dog is adorable and a great actor too, but it felt strange to me that he would do that and that we needed to see that?
Oh and as a pianist I loved the way the piano and that specific piece was used to subtly communicate a character's emotional state later in the film.
I saw it the other day and I thought it was great. My only complaint with it is that IMO it could have been more ambiguous about what happened.
[*SPOILERS*] Maybe this was just me but by the end of it I thought the movie had clearly stated beyond any reasonable doubt what had happened so her acting all weird and suspicious and as if there was going to be a last twist that never came to be was a bit odd. I liked the last shot but I was watching everything leading up to it thinking to myself "Where is this going? Is this even going anywhere? Are they going to tell us she actually did the thing?".
Some movies are not dog shit. This was not one of them.
I got some Witness for the Prosecution vibes from the trailer. It looks incredible.
Thank you for recommending Titane. I loved it ❤
Right? It's such a trip.
Yes, likewise. Titane is impeccable
Thought the writing and acting was exceptional; the problem with the movie is that the pacing drags and the movie is so cut and dry with no twists or turns.
I can't wait to see this movie later this week!
NEON is now 4/4 because they also acquired Parasite
My most anticipated film of the year
Oh wow! Hope it meets your expectations.
Actually, Neon is 4/4 for the Palme; they had Parasite too.
This should've been A24's year, though.
Ah, good!
@aaronsanders6162 Zone of Interest.
Saw it at BeyondFest. Was absolutely riveted the entire runtime!
What a great place to see it!
I've been anxiously waiting to see this film! 😬
Report back afterward!
I stay in uk so this isn’t out till 10th November but I’m definitely planning on going to see it at cinema. It looks really intriguing and I think there could be a few twists.
It just dropped on Hulu so I watched it over the weekend. Just loved it. Justine Triet and Arthur Harari's script is fantastic. Yes, Alonso is right, the prosecuting attorney is a great p***k.
So glad you caught up with this!
Could of used some editing as i felt that there were some dead spots thhat held it back...and not really addressing the trauma for the boy made it seem a bit staged...
IMDB was dead to me so many years ago. Rotten tomatoes an absolute mess. I don't see adult commentary on films almost anywhere but this channel always provides me with opinions that I can relate with and enjoy - a little heavy handed at times as you're Americans😉 but great nonetheless.
Thank you! We're glad to have you.
Saint Omer was a WAY better version of this type of French film/genre.
I love Sandra Hüller - she's the German Cate Blanchett. The film is decent, but it's too long and chock-full of repetitive dialogue. Plus - SPOILER - we never get to know what really happened. We find out the verdict, but that doesn't totally satisfy. So after two-and-a-half hours of mystery, we never truly get the reveal we crave. I know critics often love things like this - "subversive" or "bold." But it's nothing new in arthouse cinema, and therefore not subversive. Yes, if this were a mainstream Hollywood movie, it would be bold. In my opinion, pissing your audience off is cheap and easy, not bold. There's a lot to like here, especially in the performances, plus a Bergmanesque look at the dynamics of a troubled marriage. But as a procedural it's a frustrating experience. 6
The subject was interesting and the main actress performance was great, but it was weirdly executed. It's once again a movie that chooses to not make the audience objectively care about any of the characters. Kid, cold, wife accused of murdering her husband, cold, kid carer, cold. On top of it, pretty much any witnesses, the judge and the prosecutor are pure a holes for no reasons, I'm not even sure how this went to trial with that little proof of anything against Sandra.
Opened today at the Kabuki in SF too, just back from seeing it (playing on 2 screens even). I feel like I needed a little info on the burden of proof in this country. The dickish prosecutor's arguments were a tad light I thought. And I'd have loved to be a fly on the wall in the juror room. But that's just me. 🤔 I could've gone to see Taylor at the same time but there was only 1 ticket sold for that early screening (kids still in school) and I thought it would be too weird.
Bob, you contain multitudes!
This movie is in large portions nothing else but a mess which indeed starts with the opening scene. The sound design is of such a clumsy nature. Seemingly parts of the dialogue were spoken in/ dubbed later. The courtroom scenes are poorly informed. This is not a litigation but Triet's ideas about biased judging. The prosecutor is a dramatic Punch. At best you feel the ambition to shoot something big. It's such a tiny outcome in the end, more or less the implosion of a drama that for its length gained so little momentum, never left the ground, but kept plodding forward. (There's a courtroom movie though: Saint Omer - but it's in another league.)
Saw this at NYFF and it was exceptional.
The perfect place to see a film like this!
This film is not even a thriller imo. Please don’t compare to Gone Girl.
After seeing the 96% rate of this movie, I decided to go and watch it. What a waste of time!!!
If you’re going to review, get your facts right. They live in FRANCE, not Switzerland. Have you really watched it??? I mean the court for example, that whole hour, it was a FRENCH court all the way and those were the nuances. The main character also said how she moved to that “sh*t hole” in France…It is bizarre you reviewing it if you haven’t watched it!
So kind of you to stop by and offer your thoughts.
This was the most boring movie I saw in 2023. The characters were awful and I didn't care what happened to anyone because they were so bland and empty
But did they really need to drug a dog to make this movie? Would you consent to drugging your baby in order to make a movie scene?
This movie suffers from being another needless gender swap. If you swapped the wife character with the husband character and changed the main characters lawyer to a woman you could literally have the exact same script and it would make much more sense. Oof
They live in France (Grenoble) not Switzerland.
For some reason even I kept thinking it was Switzerland throughout the movie, several times.
They do not live in Zwitzerland, they are in french Alps.
I know- how did he get that wrong? The wife talks about living in France repeatedly.
I think you guys should try doing more spoiler discussions. I feel like film criticism and analysis gets way more interesting when you can discuss the movie openly
That is something we are planning to do once we launch our memberships, thanks for the suggestion!
@@BreakfastAllDay That’s awesome! I keep wondering what insightful critics such as you two would have to say if you could talk more openly about the movies you see
I finally saw this movie at my local indie theater (Tower Theater) in a double feature with The Holdovers and it was amazing.
I preferred it to The Holdovers but both are great and must watches.
I really hope Huller wins for Lead Actress. Fuck was she good. The scene with her husband is SO amazing. Oscar clip after Oscar clip since it goes on so long.
I still need to see so much but damn I think it will be hard for me to not rank her # 1 after I see most of the Lead Actress performances.
My favorite of the year so far! I really only have Killers of the Flower Moon left to see. Anatomy was perfectly suited for my taste-it's like Marriage Story and The Staircase doc had a baby.
Just caught up with this on Hulu, loved it. Spoilers- seems to me that the testimony of the boy coming home from the vet was made up to help save his mom. Especially after the dialogue with his caretaker. In my mind, she didn't kill him, but she needed that from her son to sway the jury.
My rating is 8.5. This really is what you call an accomplished movie. Its not a masterpiece but 20 years from now it will be. Anatomy of a fall is an expertly crafted movie that you cannot find any faults in it. The screenplay the narrative so brilliantly so clearly presents such a complicated story with ease that you just have wonder how they did this. How they wrote the screenplay and planned and shot this movie.
There is great drama and twists and turns and yet at the end it is so compelling and real that this is just notch above standard film making. And that too with probably very limited budget.
Now the plot is vey well known but for description I present the plot. A man is found dead in snow in front of his house. The police do an autopsy and conclude that his death resulted from a blow to his head. But was that blow the cause of a human or was it from the fall from his attic window. Anatomy of a fall then proceeds to dissect "the fall" to decide on the cause of death. And since there is no body else in the house except his wife and his son the wife is assumed to be the suspect and her fate depends on the testimony of her son.
Anatomy of a fall then proceeds to dissect the fall both physically as well as emotionally as all possibilities are explored. It brilliantly merges courtroom drama with human tragedy.
This is a movie which will get better with time. And this will be very hard to beat for Best Screenplay, Best Actress, and Best Editing and Best Movie. I cannot imagine any movie beating this one in those 4 categories. Best Director Chris Nolan or Martin Scorsese might still win because they have directed "bigger" movies with bigger cast. But this movie is too strong in many other categories.
I was snowblind for days coming out this movie.
A great movie , plenty of ambiguity and tension, a acript that shows complex characters, lots of questions with no answers , as real life is . The performances are fantastic ; she is stunning , one of the best performances that I´ve seen in years .But not only her , the rest of the cast is perfect , the child , the lawyer , the attorney , the husband , even the witnesses in the trial . I wonder if you have seen the movie with english subtitles or dubbed , because half of the movie is in french and half is in english .In fact ,this is the only thing that I found strange in the movie since the trial is mainly in english , but english is not the first language of anybody in it ( everybody speaks french and they are in France ) !!
We saw it subtitled -- maybe the fact that they have to meet each other in languages that aren't their own is part of the tension. Thanks for sharing your exuberant thoughts!
Next film on my list
After seeing Zone of Interest
Love these types of film 🎥
Yes! Let us know how it goes.
it is of huge relevance to the story that they live in France so him stating that they live in Switzerland is bizarre. does he think Grenoble is a Swiss city? 😮
anyone want to talk about the spoilers?
why do i feel like the wife really actually got away with it? it seems to me that she really leaned into the fact that the lawyer always had a thing for her, couple that with how nuanced she is as a manipulator because she isn't the stereotypical soulless sociopath. she might not have planned to off her husband, but it's like the opportunity presented itself and she just went along with it. as demonstrated in the audio recording of their last fight, she legit is a shameless person, and it's not hard to imagine that she can easily justify in her mind that it was nothing to be ashamed of since it really can be perceived by others as an accident. notice that her sincerity does come off as genuine, until there is evidence that says she's lying, and THEN she'll say "it was only that one time" or something along those lines of excuse. she comes across as extremely used to weaving the lies she tell to actual facts so whenever she's cornered to admit something, she can just chalk it all up to the heightened emotions of the moment or some such human quirk, because we are not perfect and so on and so forth.
she wasn't that broken early on in the movie, before there even was a hint that there would be a trial with her as prime suspect, and her comforting words to her son is "we have to do the things we used to do even though it'll be hard for a while". it seemed oddly detached coming from a mother to a son, and more like what a non-relative would say to the bereaved. but she's sad enough that it doesn't arouse outright suspicion.
but the real reason this movie is masterful is because the movie doesn't actually tell you what really happened. so it is very likely that it was an unfortunate accident, or even su*cide and the wife just happens to be a selfish and unempathetic wife and she really didn't have anything to do with his death. i like that, just like the son, the audience is left to try and understand why and decide whether explanation x is better than explanation y
Can we get some Oscar’s predictions ?
It's one of the best movies of 2023
I absolutely CANNOT wait for this movie to come to Canada!
Hopefully soon!
I'm excited to see it. I've heard nothing but high praise. It doesn't come to my area until the end of the month, but I'll be on the lookout for it.
Let us know what you think!
I am not a subtitles guy, I fully realize this is a supreme flaw but it sounds great.
Give it a shot!
When will you 2 review FAIR PLAY?!
Hopefully soon! It's good.
Wow - excited to see this film after your review! Thanks!
Let us know what you think!
Sandra huller should get a best actress nomination
Truly! Such subtle work here.
This sounds solid
It's more than solid!
I'm sorry guys but I couldn't stand the prosecutor character. I thought he was acting like a one dimensional courtroom villain. And that actor was solid but he didn't have any charisma in my opinion. But I'm not George Clooney. The kid was great. He was a bit wimpy. But his character went through a lot and he was disabled. No spoilers but he really came through for his mom. That's inspiring.
Looking forward to it!
Just saw. Our capsule review:
oh. Ma. GAH Dept.:
Ms. Triet's Palme d'Or winner a granular, enigmatic masterwork, w/Ms. Hüller, The Kid & The Dog beyond praise. Tres formidable. #AnatomyOfaFall
It quietly supplanted "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret?" as #2 after #1 "Past Lives" on our Faves Thus Far list. As ever, thanks so much, Christy & Alonso, for your expert guidance in navigating the shoals of moviegoing. ❤❤
Thanks David! Glad you guys loved it too. Those three are all great choices.