Review of Declaration of War (2011) by B Y — 11 Feb 2013

While the couple don't wallow in pity over the devastating news of their child, they do certainly smoke and drink their way through everything. There was something charming about the film's New Wave influence, perhaps a bit less thought out, as d in films like Reprise, more successful than in I'm Going to Explode.

Although there were a few moving moments in"Declaration of War and one could clearly see that the filmmaker had good intentions, there was also something disturbing about the melodrama. I apologize for offending anyone by posting an offensive quote from the scene in the hospital, perhaps taken out of context, but I did it in order to draw attention to world the couple lives in.

I know the characters were to be artist-types, above all of that, but something was lost in the translation of that joke. It fell flat and became disturbing. I appreciated the use of Laurie Anderson's "O Superman", but many of scenes, such as the one where Juliette collapses in the hospital corridor, simply felt more fashionable than genuinely moving.