This is without a doubt one of the top 35 best movies of all time.
the performance of Natalie Portman,Jean Reno and Gary Oldman were just Awesome, the movie its just awesome
5/5
Although I can appreciate the marvelous performances of all involved, the violence and gore is just too much for me. It is a very good story of Mathilda and Leon's relationship which develops out of necessity to sincere love. Nice, but I'll never watch this one again.
I haven't done any reasearch on the movie but it's clearly french (ignore the american environment), one can tell :-)
For some people that might be a little bit uncomfortable with the sexual subtone, but if you've viewed other french movies before and you enjoyed them you'll enjoy this movie as well.
Many 14-year old girls have sex at that age. Her hitting on him is realistic because she havent had fatherfigure or love from family. There was no pedo involved in whole movie, he treated her like daughter.
It's not like you have to have a subtler understandig of the movie to catch up that there's some sort of sexual nuances between the little girl and the old man. Pretty much the contrary: you don't have to be smarter than a SJW to reach at that conclusion.
It is pretty much evident to the average viewer that there is a romantic relation bond between a twelve-year-old and a grown-up man and that there is not an apology to paedophilia. I hate to make up "character analyses," always found it kind of silly, but there is something really simple to point out: the one in the movie the viewer may considere more responsible of the situation, Leon, is in denial to Mathilda's sexual insinuations, and advances, the whole movie, and when he "loves her back," it really takes some mental gymnastics to view it more than in a father-daughter relationship. An everyday, non-speculative viewer can spot all these nuances and resolve that this aspect of the movie is hardly disturbing, because they recognize it's part of reality (more or less common depending on what you do see outside) that there are minors who fall in love with grown-ups, and it's not a big deal because adults usually know how to address them. And our Leon is one of them.
I wouldn't like to keep writing on that subject, and obviously it's kinda shady that the director was 32 (I guess) when dating a fifteen-year-old. The film is still difficult to grasp as some kind of paedophilia apology, if so, Salò (despite all the pomo literature to back showing shit-eating to college snobs, which I personally find amusing) would be some sort of apology of rape, and even silly movies like Pulp Fiction or Ilsa would be apologies of violent crime and fascism. I think that way of drawing a conclusion is closely related to some other absurds statements, like "Django Unchained is a racist movie because the word nigger is said several times." Showing something wrong it's something different from standing up for it. But, sure, nobody is forced to think stepping forward the liberal, politically-correct bubble doesn't mean you have to support the wrong shit. Not everything is black and white, you know?
i liked it other than the fucking pedo shit.... the fucking crazy drug dea dude is the best part of the movie to me~ honestly i think i'd be more down with it if they just took out the weird pedophile sorta shit
I really wanted to like this movie--I loved Jean Reno's performance, but Natalie Portman bombed just about every scene she was in. Sometimes it wasn't her fault--the script wasn't the best, but other times her acting was so wooden it was painful. Child acting is very hit or miss, and unfortunately this one was a miss.
Awesome movie. The dramatic arc of Mathilda and Léon perfectly show the change in the initial state and its maturity, in different way, in the end.
Great perfomances and great direction with creative shots.
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mysteryfan
one of the top 10 movies of all times easily. Portman's performance in this movie was outstanding. Just WOW. Oldman was also awesome.Joker of Gotham
This is without a doubt one of the top 35 best movies of all time.the performance of Natalie Portman,Jean Reno and Gary Oldman were just Awesome, the movie its just awesome
5/5
ClassicLady
Although I can appreciate the marvelous performances of all involved, the violence and gore is just too much for me. It is a very good story of Mathilda and Leon's relationship which develops out of necessity to sincere love. Nice, but I'll never watch this one again.vikky2000
I haven't done any reasearch on the movie but it's clearly french (ignore the american environment), one can tell :-)For some people that might be a little bit uncomfortable with the sexual subtone, but if you've viewed other french movies before and you enjoyed them you'll enjoy this movie as well.
Skyscore
http://www.afisha.ru/movie/165824/review/209732/lionel42
Excellent. The Chemistry between Reno and Portman is Amazing. Loved the weird relationship they had.SirEvo
Best...zaolee
Many 14-year old girls have sex at that age. Her hitting on him is realistic because she havent had fatherfigure or love from family. There was no pedo involved in whole movie, he treated her like daughter.demagogo
It's not like you have to have a subtler understandig of the movie to catch up that there's some sort of sexual nuances between the little girl and the old man. Pretty much the contrary: you don't have to be smarter than a SJW to reach at that conclusion.It is pretty much evident to the average viewer that there is a romantic relation bond between a twelve-year-old and a grown-up man and that there is not an apology to paedophilia. I hate to make up "character analyses," always found it kind of silly, but there is something really simple to point out: the one in the movie the viewer may considere more responsible of the situation, Leon, is in denial to Mathilda's sexual insinuations, and advances, the whole movie, and when he "loves her back," it really takes some mental gymnastics to view it more than in a father-daughter relationship. An everyday, non-speculative viewer can spot all these nuances and resolve that this aspect of the movie is hardly disturbing, because they recognize it's part of reality (more or less common depending on what you do see outside) that there are minors who fall in love with grown-ups, and it's not a big deal because adults usually know how to address them. And our Leon is one of them.
I wouldn't like to keep writing on that subject, and obviously it's kinda shady that the director was 32 (I guess) when dating a fifteen-year-old. The film is still difficult to grasp as some kind of paedophilia apology, if so, Salò (despite all the pomo literature to back showing shit-eating to college snobs, which I personally find amusing) would be some sort of apology of rape, and even silly movies like Pulp Fiction or Ilsa would be apologies of violent crime and fascism. I think that way of drawing a conclusion is closely related to some other absurds statements, like "Django Unchained is a racist movie because the word nigger is said several times." Showing something wrong it's something different from standing up for it. But, sure, nobody is forced to think stepping forward the liberal, politically-correct bubble doesn't mean you have to support the wrong shit. Not everything is black and white, you know?
Long post, I don't care. Loved the movie.
krystalvon
i liked it other than the fucking pedo shit.... the fucking crazy drug dea dude is the best part of the movie to me~ honestly i think i'd be more down with it if they just took out the weird pedophile sorta shitboomdiddly
I really wanted to like this movie--I loved Jean Reno's performance, but Natalie Portman bombed just about every scene she was in. Sometimes it wasn't her fault--the script wasn't the best, but other times her acting was so wooden it was painful. Child acting is very hit or miss, and unfortunately this one was a miss.yagamisakura
i feel weird... but i didn't like it. not sorry.vivienblue_06
Its just insanely good..Love it.Fabio Bottrel
Awesome movie. The dramatic arc of Mathilda and Léon perfectly show the change in the initial state and its maturity, in different way, in the end.Great perfomances and great direction with creative shots.
Salma
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