An astonishing film, which would easily have made my list of the best of last year had I gotten off my ass and seen it time.
I’ve already angered more than one person by describing this as the film that Magnolia wants to be when it grows up, but such a comparison doesn’t really convey the variety, the wit, the pathos, and the sheer exuberance of Desplechin’s film. Burgeoning with characters, non sequiturs, flights of fancy (and tragedy), and plenty of tentative, uncondescending wisdom, Kings and Queen is smarter, gentler, far more shocking, and far less whiny than Anderson’s melodrama mash-up.
Highest recommendation.
by Leo Goldsmith | Source: Wellspring DVD
27 Jan 2006 11:53 AM | Submit Comment