Review of Beau Travail (2000) by Maya S — 16 Dec 2008

Other reviewers talk about what a weak movie this was. The movie has some problems which I overlook. One criteria for a movie to work of me is to take me to places and do things which I have never done.

I think many aspects of this movie were interesting. I think others were expecting too much from the homoerotic aspect of this movie. It is kind of a minimalist movie. No much happens only undercurrents of things happening.

I loved the colors the cinematography, the harsh setting on the Mediterranean. I enjoyed the masculine rituals of the Legionaries exercise and regimen. I really could not grasp the purpose of their "Hugging" exercise.

I call this a weak but beautiful film. I rate it 3 stars maybe 4 stars. not nearly as bad as all the other critics make it.