My comments are very praising of this wonderful film.

Rating: Null/10 (27 August 2001)

This is a fantastic movie, taken from a fantastic book and made even better. Leonardo Di Caprio, who in past times I had not been slow to criticise was magnificent and I cannot say enough about the unbelievably gorgeous Virginie Ledoyen. I cannot seriously think of a more beautiful woman in the world. With all the usual, stereotypical hollywood actresses with their 'fake' beauty, she brings something refreshing, exciting and quite frankly, 2000000 times more beautiful to the movie scene. If there is only one reason you watch this movie, let it be for her. Believe me the man who gets this woman (hopefully me) is the luckiest in the world. Her smile is that of an angel. As for the rest of the film, the beach is absolutely fantastic and could well be the ultimate paradise. Etienne has a wonderful part to play. But the one thing that did disappoint me about the film is the lack of screening the development of the relationship between Richard (Di Caprio) and Francoise (Ledoyen), there could have been so much more. And the fact that Richard even thought about having sex with Sal when he could have Francoise is beyond me. He could have been forgiven for telling anyone if he had gone back, instead he broke what could have been something great with the (i say
again) gorgeous beyond belief Francoise. The ending is really good though, especially the return to normality of Richard which is relieving. All in all a wonderful film. 5 out of 5.