Joy House (1964)
4/10
Charismatic leads, mess of a movie.
23 July 2021
Plein Soleil, this film ain't. The problems abound here. From awful accents to lack of chemistry between all 3 protagonists, bad editing, choppy scenes and almost incomprehensible actions from all involved render Les Felins almost unwatchable considering the main plot is really quite simplistic, this is not a film I would choose to see again.

I think it would have benefited from a few rewrites and less awareness of how cool it is (it aint). Lalo Schiffrin's score is shrill, way too loud and sub Mannix. Rene Clement generally assured, if safe, direction is not in evidence due to an edit job that a trained monkey could have improved upon. Nothing here to look at, full debacle. 4 out of 10 for the beautiful people in it!
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