Review of Chéri (2009) by Rachel B — 09 Dec 2010
Lea : What do you expect me to do, go and pine away in Normandy? Stop dyeing my hair? Is that what you want?
Cheri: Yes.
Lea : You're not the first young man I've said goodbye to.
Cheri: Yes, I know, but what I thought might be appropriate is if I were the last.
Michelle Pfeiffer plays Lea de Lonval, a courtesan in Paris who is ready to retire from her profession, the business of sex but when an old friend Madame Peloux (Kathy Bates), asks Lea to teach her son Fred whom Lea nicknames Chéri (Rupert Friend) about life, she does not expect the two to fall madly in love with each other and remain together for six years. Madame realizes she needs grandchildren and arranged a loveless and mercenary marriage to a sweet young girl Edmee (Felicity Jones) leaving everyone unhappy, Edmee, Cheri and Lea. I guess Lea forget the cardinal rule of prostitutes: Don't fall in love.
This review of Chéri (2009) was written by Rachel B on 09 Dec 2010.
Chéri has generally received mixed reviews.
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