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Bel Ami, Movie

Bel Ami 2012

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Temptation. Seduction. Obsession.

Robert Pattinson stars in this period drama about a young Parisian who rises to power via manipulation of the city's most influential and wealthy women. Based on Guy de Maupassant's 1885 novel, co-starring Uma Thurman, Christina Ricci and Kristin Scott Thomas. More

Georges Duroy (Pattison) travels through 1890s Paris, from cockroach ridden garrets to opulent salons, using his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute’s embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties, in a world where politics and media jostle for influence, where sex is power and celebrity an obsession. Hide

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78 votes / 19 comments The Talk

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    • holly

      laaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmme

    • Clabe

      When I see his face I see a sparkly vampire

    • Esta*

      He will FOREVER be Edward Cullen!! SUX to be HIM!!

    • Matt

      I was waiting for him to sparkle in the sunlight in that final shot...

    • averagecaucasian

      yes because we haven't heard that one before; how original..

    • L.O.D

      Because no-one is going to look R-Patz and automatically see a sparkly vampire......

    • anni

      Actually he is a really good actor - he was before Twilight and he will be after it! Looks brilliant!

    • Carina

      It looks like an interesting movie. I'm not a fan of twilight but i do like robert pattinson as an actor, he did well in water for elephants

    • Pip

      I think Remember Me was a great movie. I think people who let one film typecast an actor are narrowminded and have zero imagination.

    • Shopqueen

      if the sex senes are good i'll be there for robert ,lol

    • Magz

      Robert doing sex scenes is a huge turn off

    • Karren

      Can't wait, looks great!!

    • Amiee

      Rob is a good actor, will go and see this, but looking fwd to Comopolis more...

    • Jay

      this looks stupid,his voice for the movie is crap.

    • Community

      The women in this are fantastic. Shame Tom Hardy wasn't the main guy, has way more machismo & gravitas - needed for a lothario role

    • Community

      It's the females who r devastingly good in this. Robert lacks the gravitas & machismo for such a lothario role. Tom Hardy, much better :)

    • Cass-Hodder

      Brilliant novel. And a great ensemble cast for the film. Will be interesting to see how Rob handles another period piece.

    • shirlo

      no matter what hes is in ...he has my vote xxxxx

    • D F Stuckey

      Called worst film at NZIFF 2012. . . and they bring it back rather than CABIN?

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Dominic Corry Flicks Writer

There are few stories I relish as much as those that centre around some sort of societal ascension. There's something quite delicious about watching a character weave around his or her class status to infiltrate a rarefied arena, only to inevitably become a victim of its corruptive influence. More

So I was naturally excited to see this film, based on one of the few novels by that French master of the sardonic short story, Guy De Maupassant.

Unfortunately it's a superficially-rendered tale, without enough character conviction or forward movement. Pattinson's protagonist stumbles his way through various women, whimpering all the way and rarely seeming like a master of his own destiny.

His three paramours - Uma Thurman; Kristin Scott Thomas and Christina Ricci – acquit themselves with dignity, but the clunky script lets them down. Ricci gives the most interesting performance of the three, and demonstrates talents that prove she is underutilised in modern cinema.

Pattinson (whose eyes look suspiciously vampirish in the poster for this film) fails to step up and command this film with his performance, and never settles on anything definitive for his character. But he looks the part I suppose.

There's a lushness to the proceedings here that may carry some people along, but anyone expecting Ripley-esque thrills will be sorely disappointed. Hide

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Kat-Rumbal B-Grader (?)

I went along to the lovely Lido Cinema in Auckland to have time bymyself to watch Bel Ami. I was surprised to find that I was the only one in the Cinema!
Not to long into the film a realised why.
At first I was intrigued, and found the error fascinating and was looking forward to what was going to happen, I soon discovered nothing was.
The acting was fine, but the story was going no where and I became incredibly bored.
With 40 minutes to go I decided to leave as I really didn't care what was going to happen to the characters.

So it sum it up this film is a let down, Twifans just wait to see R-Pats In Breaking Dawn Part two!

Kat

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Press Reviews

AV Club (USA)

This new Bel Ami has a lot to recommend it, but it never seems as artful or smart as Dangerous Liaisons, the film it most resembles. Full review.

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

[Patterson] successfully seduces three of the most powerful beauties in Paris society despite having no talent, no money and no conversation. Full review.

Empire (UK)

Even with a strong cast to gild its endless chambers and salons, there's barely a spark of soul to fuel its story. Pattinson is no Malkovich either. Full review.

Guardian (UK)

Robert Pattinson has to do an awful lot of hollow-eyed smouldering in this hammily enunciated French period drama. Full review.

Hollywood Reporter

A flavorless literary adaptation. Full review.

Little White Lies (UK)

Too reliant on lavish costumes, heaving bosoms and all the other trappings of the period drama. Full review.

Los Angeles Times

Intriguing political aspects of the story would have more resonance if the human drama had more heft. Full review.

New York Times

Although this is potentially juicy stuff, it is as dry and tasteless as a shrunken piece of fruit left in the refrigerator far too long. Full review.