Review of The Log

The Log (1999)
Not suitable for biased readers
7 February 2001
How many times do I still have to read the words "French cinema at its worst" ? Reviewers please try to be a bit more imaginative.

And if you cannot, wouldn't it be wiser to avoid commenting such movies ? At least leave this one alone which has strongly developed characters and features Sabine Azema and Charlotte Gainsbourg, actresses who are in actual fact able to make their women look real like few others. And shows Emmanuelle Beart, who most of the times is a bonus 'per se' and here appears in two quick back-to-back scenes which can only be described as jaw-dropping. Anyway: advise to whoever still despises the <<French>> after watching this film : please compare it with dysfunctional family features like 'Parenthood' 'Home For The Holidays' 'The Myth Of Fingerprints' 'The House of Yes' 'One True Thing' 'The Weekend' 'Sebastian Cole' 'No Looking Back' etc (find out any which one you missed if you care). And good luck ....
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