Review of Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974) by W. David L — 14 Nov 2006
[font=Century Gothic]"Celine and Julie Go Boating" is a surreal movie directed by Jacques Rivette about two friends, Celine(Juliet Berto), a stage magician, and Julie(Dominique Labourier), a librarian, living in Paris.
They hang out together all the time, sometimes at each other's workplace, and also impersonate each other on occasion. The movie has an infectious sense of playful fun until it gets bogged down in a prolonged episode at a haunted house.
Overall, the movie is very entertaining for a while but it cannot sustain it for all of the three hour plus running time. And it is not quite on the level of the surreal movies Luis Bunuel was making in the 70's.
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This review of Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974) was written by W. David L on 14 Nov 2006.
Céline and Julie Go Boating has generally received very positive reviews.
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