Review of Friday Night (2002) by Sam T — 25 May 2009
Life is gorgeously major miniature. Who is Jean? We are always left wondering as does Laure. Her mind restlessly de- and reconstructs this man she has picked up. Is he by nature seducer or lonely? The prospect of merely either one is too much for her.
This is a rapturously shot film, among the most gorgeous I've seen, and to date the only Claire Denis film I've seen. As Before Sunrise sadly yet admirably ages into an increasingly adolescent, androcentric fantasy (or gloriously into Before Sunset), my thirst for liberating cinematic rendez-vous remains unquelled.
If Friday Night occasionally languishes, it does so fetishistically, playfully, and humanistically.
This review of Friday Night (2002) was written by Sam T on 25 May 2009.
Friday Night has generally received positive reviews.
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