Review of Caché (2005) by Caoimhe Q — 09 Jan 2011

Ummm, what is the tone of this movie? Anyone take a stab because watching the movie won't give you any clues. Is it creepy, mysterious, supposed to stir our feelings about current events or human follies? It does none of that successfully except being creepy for about 10 min towards the beginning. The cinematography is extremely uniform, which I found dull. Though this is one of Haneke's signatures, I guess it also keeps the viewer guessing about whether a scene is from a video sent by the "antagonist".

(Spoiler alert) Character motivations were certainement cachés at many points, again not making the film more mysterious, but just dull, and the key point of Georges' childhood lies somehow catching up to him is too weak to hold up the entire movie.

I wouldn't put down this movie if it were confusing, but not content to feel frustrated with Funny Games, The Piano Teacher (which I liked) or The White Ribbon, films that I felt at least had some artistic merit or were psychologically exposing, I accidentally watched another film by Haneke, and now I feel as though I literally have gained nothing. It delves into nothing with conviction. The acting is fine, and you could argue that this film is just a vague exploration of (insert anything), of which it does a decent job. You would be wrong, though.