Awards bait..........probably deserved!

Rating: 7/10 (26 December 2017)

I am not the target demographic when it comes to this film and others of this ilk, so take that for what its worth. Personally only bothered to watch this film because of the good reviews and the fact that it will probably be mention around awards season.
Due to the fact that I'm not the best person when it comes to romantic films, this film sort of didn't work that much however I did find myself enjoying some elements quite a lot that surprised me. Straight of the bat, the directing and acting in the film is top class, even if you hated the film you have to expect that the people in front and behind the camera have done a great job. Having a great setting obviously helps because it would actually take a miracle to make the shots in the film look horrible or disgusting.
The Story for the most part just goes straight over my head but again thats because I'm not into this sort of stuff usually, but I think that audiences that like this type of film will really appreciate this film. The character dynamics in the film are interesting from the two main leads to the family as a whole, there is a intriguing laid back atmosphere throughout. This can be a positive and a negative at the same time, this is because the film does drag quite a lot, it could just be me because I'm not that invested in the film that much. Saying that I was surprised with how much comedy there was in the film which actually worked for me!
There are some character choices throughout the film that don't make much sense to me but again that just me be. Another that kept me.......i don't know.....erm thinking why.... was the change in languages that would happen throughout the film. One minute its Italian and then the next minute i swear its French, I could be wrong but to me it just made the location almost feel like a fantasy. I expect the fact that on the border of two countries there will probably be a language cross over, but to me I didn't work, if anything it was quite distracting. Either you stick to Italian or French why both??
After all of this I'm surprised to say that the directing and the character moments throughout the film for me a really strong and quite good even though I'm having to drag myself through it at times. Give me another 10-12 years until I'm in my mid 30's and then I'll probably appreciate this film more. I still think its good but its not that memorable and I'll probably never watch it again, however I do understand people for loving this film and it deserves the awards mentions it gets. 70% out of 100 or 7 out of 10 its good but not really my thing, each to your own!