Review of L'Atalante (1934) by Lula F — 10 Sep 2007

Amazing moive! Dita Parlo is beautiful in this...

This review of L'Atalante (1934) was written by Lula F on 10 Sep 2007.

L'Atalante has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of L'Atalante

Review of L'Atalante (1934)

By John M (4,356) on 30 May 2015

Simply filmed yet majestic to watch. I like how the film feels like a dream with these characters. It wanders back and forth like memories…

Read Review

Review of L'Atalante (1934)

By Rory P (254) on 26 Dec 2014

It has a few very good scenes, but you have to wait an hour to get it. That is asking too much even to the more patient and dedicated spectator…

Read Review

Review of L'Atalante (1934)

By Kevin Harley (322) for Total Film (3,532) on 10 Jan 2012

Generous tides of life and longing flow through this buoyant masterpiece…

Read Review

Review of L'Atalante (1934)

By Timothy M (796) on 05 Dec 2010

It's probably a cliche to say What a shame it is Vigo never directed another film, but there you have it. Marvelous, simple, little film…

Read Review

Review of L'Atalante (1934)

By Kenneth B (910) on 25 Mar 2012

I really wanted to like this so it did prove to be a bit of a let down…

Read Review

Review of L'Atalante (1934)

By Charles P (1,784) on 12 Sep 2014

A milestone of French cinema that unfolds like a poem about two lovers beginning a wobbly marriage…

Read Review

Review of L'Atalante (1934)

By Hugo S (263) on 06 Oct 2012

A lovely movie with a very likeable performance from Michel Simon…

Read Review

Review of L'Atalante (1934)

By Harpreet S (317) on 16 Jan 2011

Not one of the greatest films of all time in my book…

Read Review

Review of L'Atalante (1934)

By Jens T (504) on 08 Jan 2012

Jean Vigo's first real feature length L'Atalante was also his last before he died only 29-years-old from tuberculosis…

Read Review

Review of L'Atalante (1934)

By Zack B (668) on 21 Apr 2013

One of the certain masterpieces that shines with a glimmering timelessness and whose pulse reverberates through all of the beautiful moments…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of I Think I Love My Wife (2007)

By Troyf. (1) on 12 Mar 2007

One of the worst black romance comedies of our time. Terrible in every way possible…

Read Review

Review of The Oh in Ohio (2006)

By Toddy Burton (54) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 15 Oct 2007

While the impressive cast inspires a sense of hope, The Oh in Ohio's childish storytelling, paper-thin character development, and general unfunniness…

Read Review

Review of Fireproof (2008)

By Scott Tobias (1,684) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 04 Aug 2014

Cameron acts like a childish jerk, even in the reconciliation phase, and the underlying reason is that he--and the movie--hates women…

Read Review

Review of Marley & Me (2008)

By Lisas. (5) on 27 Dec 2008

This movie was very boring. so boring that I fell asleep a half hour into the movie. Jennifer A…

Read Review

Review of The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (1974)

By Emily The F (23) on 05 Jun 2013

While it is theoretically interesting in premise, this stoner flick fails pretty miserably to entertain a sober audience…

Read Review

Review of Ploy (2007)

By Rune B (117) on 29 Sep 2008

Kjedelige kunst-tullefilm med masse looonge scenar, og karakterar som eg ikkje bryr meg dÃ¸yten om. Waste of time…

Read Review

Review of Kissing a Fool (1998)

By Julia C (179) on 20 Mar 2013

A predictable plot line with too much cursing for no apparent reason…

Read Review

Review of Snow Angels (2007)

By Matthew J (1,312) on 26 Apr 2012

Good acting, bad movie. I wish I had not watched it, so depressing and pointless like Precious…

Read Review

Review of Bangalore Days (2014)

By Aswin J Kumar (4) for The Times of India (879) on 15 Oct 2015

Anjali Menon's Bangalore Days will be loved for such stunningly subtle moments of emotions which emerge unexpectedly out of a seemingly straight…

Read Review

Review of Boy A (2008)

By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 21 Jun 2014

See the Holocaust trivialized, glossed over, kitsched up, commercially exploited and hijacked for a tragedy about a Nazi family…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Interstellar

2014

83%1,261 Reviews

Dark Waters

2019

76%68 Reviews

Barbie

2023

68%382 Reviews

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017

78%1,656 Reviews

The Platform

2019

70%94 Reviews

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

Godzilla vs. Kong

2021

66%184 Reviews

Upgrade

2018

76%696 Reviews

Parasite

2019

87%251 Reviews

A Quiet Place

2018

76%1,685 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

L'Atalante

1934

80%170 Reviews

Tim's Vermeer

2013

79%227 Reviews

1408

2007

68%793 Reviews

The Thirteenth Floor

1999

53%396 Reviews

The Tingler

1959

65%144 Reviews

Lucy

2014

61%1,140 Reviews

A Man and a Woman

1966

78%107 Reviews

Oh, God! You Devil

1984

49%22 Reviews

Someone Like You...

2001

57%436 Reviews

102 Dalmatians

2000

44%343 Reviews