warning, spoilers in here...
This movie is about a 30 years old guy who has the excessive habit of seducing and having sex with every beautiful woman he meets. Strangely, he also still lives at his mother's, where everyone, he, his mother and his sister live in a strong relationship of extreme control from the mother. The exagerration of this behavior combined with well constructed dialogs between the main characters gives the movie a burlesque, but developed side.
All along the evolution of the movie, the principal character, Jean-Charles, progresses in doing his university master degree thesis by interviewing 320 men (we don't see them all, though) about their opinion about women and their place in the society and their share of power in it. The contrast between the general opinion of the interviewees and the principles his mother taught him, the arrival in his life of a girl who seems perfect to him, combined with a bizarre relationship with his shrink (who is his mistress and his mother's spy) gives a lot of opportunities for funny situations. This picture also represents a caricature of the fight for power between feminist women and mysoginist men.
The unplanned pregnancy of his "perfect" girlfriend finally causes a big "u-turn" in the story and also drives Jean-Charles gradually to a total disillusioned state of depression and finally, to his departure of the family house, leaving everyone behind, including girlfriend and son.
An "happy" and humorous end fortunately removes the bitter impression his action may have caused in the mind of the watcher.
This is why I gave this movie a seven.
This movie is about a 30 years old guy who has the excessive habit of seducing and having sex with every beautiful woman he meets. Strangely, he also still lives at his mother's, where everyone, he, his mother and his sister live in a strong relationship of extreme control from the mother. The exagerration of this behavior combined with well constructed dialogs between the main characters gives the movie a burlesque, but developed side.
All along the evolution of the movie, the principal character, Jean-Charles, progresses in doing his university master degree thesis by interviewing 320 men (we don't see them all, though) about their opinion about women and their place in the society and their share of power in it. The contrast between the general opinion of the interviewees and the principles his mother taught him, the arrival in his life of a girl who seems perfect to him, combined with a bizarre relationship with his shrink (who is his mistress and his mother's spy) gives a lot of opportunities for funny situations. This picture also represents a caricature of the fight for power between feminist women and mysoginist men.
The unplanned pregnancy of his "perfect" girlfriend finally causes a big "u-turn" in the story and also drives Jean-Charles gradually to a total disillusioned state of depression and finally, to his departure of the family house, leaving everyone behind, including girlfriend and son.
An "happy" and humorous end fortunately removes the bitter impression his action may have caused in the mind of the watcher.
This is why I gave this movie a seven.