This weekend saw the (very limited) US release of the film versions of two novels under review at the complete review: Benoît Jacquot's take on Chantal Thomas' Farewell, My Queen (Virginie Ledoyen plays along, so I'm sold ...) and Jens Lapidus' Easy Money (which will also re-appear in a Hollywood re-make, sigh ...).
The box office take wasn't exactly overwhelming (though they did okay on a per screen basis): Farewell, My Queen took all of $72,100 on four screens; Easy Money did $23,800 on a mere two.
Reviews of the film version of Farewell, My Queen include:
The box office take wasn't exactly overwhelming (though they did okay on a per screen basis): Farewell, My Queen took all of $72,100 on four screens; Easy Money did $23,800 on a mere two.
Reviews of the film version of Farewell, My Queen include:
- Kenneth Turan's in The Los Angeles Times
- Manohla Dargis' in The New York Times
- Joe Morgenstern's in the Wall Street Journal (scroll down)
- Kenneth Turan's in The Los Angeles Times
- Stephen Holden's in The New York Times
- Dana Stevens' at Slate
- Richard Corliss' in Time
- Joe Morgenstern's in the Wall Street Journal