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CAST & CREW
Juliette Binoche, Benoit Magimel, Stefano Dionisi
Directed by Diane Kurys
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SYNOPSIS
A sweepingly dramatic romantic and historic tale about two 17th Century writers and their trials in work, travel, and love, CHILDREN OF THE CENTURY is a daring period piece from director Diane Kurys. more...
MPAA RATING
Not Rated
RUNTIME
1 hour, 49 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Sep 13, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
Empire Pictures
GENRE
Foreign Films, French, Drama, Romance, Historical, France, Love Affairs, Historic Figures
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SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
FORUM
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 "Now trimmed by about 20 minutes, this lavish three-year-old production has enough grandeur and scale to satisfy as grown-up escapism."
-- Doris Toumarkine, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
"Whether [Binoche and Magimel] are being charming or angst-ridden, they easily fill their scenes and, fine judges both, never overcook the hysteria."
-- Michael Thomson, BBCI FILMS
 "Abandons all pretense of creating historical context and waltzes off into a hectic soap about the ups and downs of the heavy breathing between the two artists."
-- Ella Taylor, L.A. WEEKLY
"The story drifts so inexorably into cliches about tortured (and torturing) artists and consuming but impossible love that you can't help but become more disappointed as each overwrought new sequence plods on."
-- Bob Strauss, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
"As a vehicle to savour Binoche's skill, the film is well worthwhile."
-- Diane Selkirk, APOLLO GUIDE
"Kurys seems intimidated by both her subject matter and the period trappings of this debut venture into the heritage business."
-- David Parkinson, EMPIRE MAGAZINE [UK]
"It all drags on so interminably it's like watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time."
-- Frank Lovece, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
"Benefits not only from Filac's cinematography but also from the two leads, whose chemistry is immediately apparent."
-- Andy Klein, DALLAS OBSERVER
"Is this love or is it masochism? Binoche makes it interesting trying to find out."
-- John Dolen, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
"The art direction and costumes are gorgeous and finely detailed, and Kurys' direction is clever and insightful."
-- Rich Cline, FILM THREAT
"...the tale of her passionate, tumultuous affair with Musset unfolds as Sand’s masculine persona, with its love of life and beauty, takes form."
-- Robin Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"In between all the emotional seesawing, it's hard to figure the depth of these two literary figures, and even the times in which they lived. But they fascinate in their recklessness."
-- Marta Barber, MIAMI HERALD
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-- REEL.COM
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"It’s not thirsty, consuming passion which drives this movie. No, it’s the repetition of said behavior, and so Children of the Century is more mindless love than mad, more grating and boring than anything else."
-- Brent Simon, ENTERTAINMENT TODAY
"While the production details are lavish, film has little insight into the historical period and its artists, particularly in how Sand developed a notorious reputation."
-- Ed Scheid, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
"Binoche and Magimel are perfect in these roles."
-- Jean Lowerison, SAN DIEGO METROPOLITAN
"Befuddled in its characterizations as it begins to seem as long as the two year affair which is its subject"
-- Arthur Lazere, CULTUREVULTURE.NET
"Despite a powerful portrayal by Binoche, it’s a period romance that suffers from an overly deliberate pace and uneven narrative momentum."
-- Todd Jorgenson, DENTON RECORD CHRONICLE (TX)
"A bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times, but this is a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that French realism."
-- Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, THEMOVIECHICKS.COM
"one of the best films that showcase a romance within the context of an artistic movement"
-- Laura Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"Vividly conveys both the pitfalls and the pleasures of over-the-top love."
-- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH
"Aggravating and tedious."
-- Jeffrey M. Anderson, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
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ROTTEN 42%
Avg. Rating: 6.3/10 |
"It's technically sumptuous but also almost wildly alive."
-- Michael Wilmington, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"The emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded, and both leads are up to the task."
-- Chris Vognar, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"In scope, ambition and accomplishment, Children of the Century ... takes Kurys' career to a whole new level."
-- Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Children of the Century, though well dressed and well made, ultimately falls prey to the contradiction that afflicts so many movies about writers."
-- A.O. Scott, NEW YORK TIMES
"Like many such biographical melodramas, it suffers from the awkwardness that results from adhering to the messiness of true stories."
-- Frank Scheck, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"An intimate contemplation of two marvelously messy lives."
-- Andrew Sarris, NEW YORK OBSERVER
"Too stagey, talky -- and long -- for its own good."
-- V.A. Musetto, NEW YORK POST
"Plays like a volatile and overlong W magazine fashion spread."
-- Wesley Morris, BOSTON GLOBE
"The film's appeal has a lot to do with the casting of Juliette Binoche as Sand, who brings to the role her pale, dark beauty and characteristic warmth."
-- Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"Kurys never shows why, of all the period's volatile romantic lives, Sand and Musset are worth particular attention."
-- Stanley Kauffmann, NEW REPUBLIC
"Juliette Binoche's Sand is vivacious, but it's hard to sense that powerhouse of 19th-century prose behind her childlike smile."
-- Leslie Camhi, VILLAGE VOICE
"For all the writhing and wailing, tears, rage and opium overdoses, there's no sense of actual passion being washed away in love's dissolution."
-- John Anderson, NEWSDAY
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"This talky, on-again, awful-again love affair gets tedious fast."
-- E! ONLINE
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