Audrey Tautou's performance in Priceless (French title: Hors De Prix) lives up to the movie's title. She would be what you watch the movie for. Her wonderfully simple character is played with nuances that gave her a vulnerability and complexity, while maintaining a stereotype facade for the comedic elements of the movie. Plus, the haute couture is well-modeled on her skinny and much sought after frame. though I say looking at her ribs throughout the movie brings to mind the horrors of anorexia. Still, haute couture becomes her; demonstrating her acting versatility when one remembers her recent previous roles (Amelie, A Very Long Engagament). Co-star Gad Elmaleh plays the 'toyboy' well. His natural goofiness lends strength to his attractiveness in this movie, and his evolution from doof to couth flows as smoothly as the silk of Tautou's many designer gowns. The chemistry between the two of them is undisputable, as is their romance, but I pondered the 'why's of it without getting a satisfactory answer, leaving me to the conclusion that their romance reeks of the strange unwordable love much like sister movie Jeux d'enfants (Love Me If You Dare).
No comments:
Post a Comment