Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch

Wordiezett So much average

Unlimitedia Sick Product of a Sick System

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

niluferplum Captivating biopic directed by French director, novelist, comics artist Joann Sfar.If Gainsbourg was a river that ran deep in your world, if he was part of your cultural fabric, you will fall in love with the film, grateful that he has been recreated—beautifully—, that you can spend two hours in his company again, trying to puzzle out what happened to him. I loved witnessing once again the remarkable eloquence of this man of letters, his musical and poetic genius, his cutting wit, cheekiness, poker face, understated singing style, the subversiveness that was present from the outset, his vulnerability, his antics, drunken debauchery, quiet rage, the ears, the hooter, the string of alluring and high-profile women...Each episode blends into the next seamlessly - a rare feat in a biopic.I loved witnessing the love with which one artist, Sfar, paid homage to another.A feast.

fabrice-angelini I think you have to be french and know of Serge Gainsbourg's music and life to fully appreciate the genius of this movie. It could have been a very sad and dark story but Sfar chose to turn it into a joyful and remarkable fairy tell. What are the odds to find an actor being a clone of this very odd looking man, with over all an incredible tone accuracy in his playing? I had a smile on my face from the start to the end and enjoy every single minute of this funny and creative portrait. The music is simply divine, of course, its Gainsbourg's! Juliette Greco, Brigitte Bardot, Jane Birkin, Bambou, some of the many women of his life are also remarkably played by great look a like actresses, all of the same status! If you knew who Gainsbourg was, you'll be enchanted, if you don't you'll discover, too late thou, one of the greatest musician and poet France ever had!

TheGord1488 As an Englishman I didn't have as much of an idea of Serge Gs career as most of the previous critics here, so a lot of this film was pretty educational. However, it wasn't a literal biopic by any means, using the cartoon characters alongside Serge (quite well, I thought) and the latter half of his life (I didn't realise when or whether he'd died until I'd read one of your reviewers!) seemed to tail off into nothing, even more than his increasing physical degradation was suggesting.I found the emphasis on his sexual groundbreaking and role as a general iconoclast a bit similar to the film "Mesrine" which came out a year or two back - a similar time period was covered in that - masses of smoke and sexism! The actresses playing Jane Birkin and Juliette Greco are good (especially Jane Bs English/French accent) but "Brigitte Bardot" less so, and the scenes with her do go on a bit (although some of the poses are meant to correspond with real Bardot roles like "Et Dieu Crea La Femme" and "La Mepris".The music fits in well with the film and, surprisingly - with the film making style - the intrusion of early 1960s loud pop, and of reggae, is quite a shock to the system, as it is intended to be, and was at the time. Perhaps I'm missing some of the French references, but in general the milieu Gainsbourg moved in might not be best served by a "straight" biopic with a Nicholas Cage-type performance, but the surrealist cartoons do detract from the picture we get of Serge - and believe me, it's not that easy to like him! I wasn't that keen on the precocious young boy stage of his life either - a bit too "that's the French way boys grow up" all very pre-Simone de Beauvoir.Anyway shouldn't carp too long - I was glad I saw it and a lot will stay with me, although I'll remember the Django-type guitar playing possibly longer than the (apparently rather few) Gainsbourg songs which graced the soundtrack.

patemdens A film "should always have a beginning, a middle and an end but not necessarily in this order" declared Jean Luc Godard. Yoan Sfar grabs this motto with both hands in his biopic of legendary artist Serge Gainsbourg. His film is quirky, light fun and captivating. The visuals take reference and influence from Pan's Labyrinth, Luis Bunnuel and Lewis Carol. Still, there is a very personal flair and the mark of a future visionary film maker as important as Jean Pierre Jeunet. Yoan Sfar is clearly in awe of the subject and by surfacing the rich, complex and probably excessive life of Serge Gainsbourg, he manages to make light of a troubled artist. The acting is top-notch from everyone involved, Anna Mouglalis as sultry Juliette Greco to Laetitia Casta as the one and only Brigitte Bardot and not to forget Lucy Gordon (who tragically died shortly after the film wrapped)as vulnerable Jane Birkin. Eric Elmosnino is utterly convincing as Serge, capturing ticks and manners we french are so familiar with from Serge Gainsbourg. The man's artistry is beyond doubt and there isn't a media that Serge Gainsbourg touched that didn't turn into a creative gold pot. This is paid tribute to very well here, both in terms of cinematic language and the content of the film. I was kept fascinated, absorbed and amused even if I disagreed with a few story plots, for example, I am not sure France Gall had any idea what she was singing about with "les sucettes (Lollipops) until the song had been a hit and she refused to leave her own flat for months after because she was so ashamed by the true meaning of the song, although the film suggests Serge asking her if he can write a kinky song for her. But all the same, we, as stimulated spectators, cannot help but concede to the fact that 5 other films could be made on the legend that Serge Gainsbourg was, not one would get to the core of the real man. So treat this film as a personal homage from a fan and watch it purely for entertainment value. A good idea after could be to grab a glass of red, sit down, "Youtube" Serge Gainsbourg and enjoy the ride...