The first half of The Man Who Loved Women is absolutely wonderful it is picture perfect. The second half, especially a large chunk about Bertrand's (Charles Denner) love affair with a somewhat unstable married women drags a little bit. This dose not mean that it is a boring film, on the contrary, it is a joy to sit through. Bertrand loves women (as the title hints at), he loves women so much he cant stop himself from going too great lengths to talk too a beautiful women. He will do anything necessary, he dose not care about the way he is perceived or if he will be rejected, he goes completely on instinct without thinking about any outcome or what might happen, he just must talk to any women that peaks his interest. Bertrand is not Don Juan he just has a natural, and somewhat unstoppable way of falling in love with every woman he sees, or in the case of his wake up telephone service, hear. Women are intrigued or attracted to his non-threatening natural nature. In fact at one point one women says that she could never refuse him of anything because of the "way he asks for it". Truffaut creates a complete dream world were every women it beautiful, every women has a perfect figure, every women walk and moves like a ballet dancer. Truffaut obviously loves women he loves everything about them, everything! He creates this world that all men would love to be a part of. Truffaut (and his writing partners) do a wonderful job of creating a character that we can love while at the same time be fascinated by his whimsical attitude to life. He has no friends, he dose not associate with any men outside of a work environment. He has one interest, one hobby, one passion, that being women. Charles Denner plays this role perfectly, he has the sort of absent minded professor quality, Bertrand has one thing on his mind only and its written all over his face. Though there are uneven moments and some situations feel contrived, this is a beautiful, funny, touching and at times though provoking film. Enthusiastically Recommended !!
Review of The Man Who Loved Women
