[Russian Dolls]
Bravura piece of entertainment that’s well plotted, well acted and carefully and cleverly directed.
Romain Duris is the hero guiding us through what is basically a portmanteau piece based on his character’s sexual adventures. This movie reflects well the ennui and anomie of contemporary Western culture in being both a witty and a perceptive look at modern sexual relationships.
Where it fails lies in it having no insight into love. This matches the characters’ essential anhedonia; manifesting itself in serial romances that are little better than promiscuity or unpaid prostitution. To claim that love is a mystery - as the film finally does - is a cop out made by those who fear to admit they don’t know what love is because they’ve not only never experienced it, but never will.
Clever, but just not quite clever enough to be great.
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