Review of Séraphine (2008) by Ken H — 30 May 2011
Episodic yet beautiful period biopic charting the life of Seraphine de Senlis. Yolande Moreau makes the part her own, even if she did have a tendency to exaggerate bodily movements to make up for her lack of dialogue. Ulrich Tukur supports with a sublime performance as the fascinated art critic who discovered the artist.
The pace is a little slow and although it is beautifully realised visually, much of the opening 30mins felt overly padded out with Seraphine just milling around - I had got into her character sufficiently in half of that time and found myself getting a little impatient for the beginning of the plot.
When it did get going though, I found it to be moving and at times funny. There was little to complain about with this film and although I found it to be a 'watch it once and enjoy it movie', I had this weird feeling by the end that I wanted to like it more.
This review of Séraphine (2008) was written by Ken H on 30 May 2011.
Séraphine has generally received very positive reviews.
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