Truffaut is supposed to be some sort of genius director, therefore it follows that every film he made was a little masterpiece, right? Wrong!! Pocket Money is a really bad film. It fails in almost every respect.
It pretends to be realistic, but there is nothing real in the children as portrayed in the film. Rather, Truffaut was kowtowing to his critic friends by showing them what they wanted to see rather than make an honest movie.
The acting was also really bad, which people tend to gloss over because these are child actors and children for the most part can't act. But still, it's painful to watch their stilted deliveries. Then again, Truffaut was never one to see the difference between good and bad acting as evidenced by his reliance on Jean-Pierre Leaud, France's answer to Freddy Prinze Jr.! But the worst is the the movie fails to entertain. It is a boring chose to watch it. If you want a good Truffaut movie, Watch Farenheit or Day for Night.
It pretends to be realistic, but there is nothing real in the children as portrayed in the film. Rather, Truffaut was kowtowing to his critic friends by showing them what they wanted to see rather than make an honest movie.
The acting was also really bad, which people tend to gloss over because these are child actors and children for the most part can't act. But still, it's painful to watch their stilted deliveries. Then again, Truffaut was never one to see the difference between good and bad acting as evidenced by his reliance on Jean-Pierre Leaud, France's answer to Freddy Prinze Jr.! But the worst is the the movie fails to entertain. It is a boring chose to watch it. If you want a good Truffaut movie, Watch Farenheit or Day for Night.