8/10 [HIGHLY RECOMMENDED]
Brilliantly crafted musical/comedy/mystery/drama
8 Femmes (8 Women) is a French film about one murdered man, eight women, each seeming to be more eager than the others to know the truth. Gimme, gimme, gimme some clues to make up my mind. And eventually enter the truth. (imdb)
8 Femmes is done brilliantly done with music scores, mystery many hilarious moments. Each character is well development and has multiple secrets that further enhances the mystery of the movie. The cast is ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!
The film contains eight songs, which are performed wonderfully by the cast. The songs are used to express each character's emotions that cannot be described by words.
8 Femmes balances the songs, mysterious atmosphere, humor and the relationship between each woman perfectly. The film also has beautiful cinematography and the colour throughout the entire film is brightly saturated creating a warm environment in contrast to the cold snowy weather in the film. The film focuses heavily on acting and dialogue. It isn't a fast paced film but one for you to enjoy the facial expressions, acting, storyline and conversations. This film has many twists throughout and surprising moments.
The only flaw of 8 Femmes is that I narrowed the ending to two possibilities early in the film. The predictability of the ending may be the result of my large intake of films, thus saw it coming. However, despite this fact I still enjoyed the film to a great extent.
I recommend this film to those who love foreign films with elements of mystery/musical/comedy. Great film LOVED IT and will watch it again! :D
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