I really, really don't get the praise showered upon this film. The middle of it consists of an excruciating, coma-inducing, thirty-minute scene in which the male and female lead lounge around an apartment whining.
This movie is everything I hate about Jean-Luc Godard in one convenient package.
This review of Contempt (1963) was written by Tom V on 26 Apr 2010.
Contempt has generally received very positive reviews.
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