Bitter Moon (1994)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

I love this movie so much

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Well, I'm honest, I just watched the movie because I saw the teeth with the milk in a documentary about colors on TV and I really wanted to know what movie those teeth are from.And the reason why I really wanted to see this movie is because unfortunately I thought with my little head but in itself I think that was a good decision for the first time because it really is a unique movie. However, I can not say I liked him because I kept wondering why, why are they doing that, why is not he just leaving them, and so on. I first had a real problem with the sorry but then I thought it was because I have not experienced so many of my life yet and I can not always go out on my own I'm addicted to revenge, I've never been married, I was not yet in love, I am still relatively young. But the rest is films I liked so much that these aspects are always stuck out like one and polished the kitchen table but looks beautiful and at one point on the edge still looks a nail out.The music is really great, the actors are not boring at any time, the actress from cat just looked so hot from all over the movie so I can not believe that he literally ran after her for weeks in and out Most of the time, film had a really erotic effect over its length. As I am not used to it from normal films.But the movie has definitely caught my interest and made me start asking questions so I'll definitely take another look at it in a couple of years to see if my mind has changed but for now I unfortunately give it a thumbs down

I have just finished reading the book and because of that it is impossible to objectively judge the movie. While it does make some very good points as a standalone movie, I must say that the book is far more powerful and more cruel. Of course I can understand that in order to attract an audience the story had to be softened, otherwise some people risk being totally horrified and walking sick out of the theater (and no, I am not referring to the detailed sexual perversions, but to the ordeal the man puts his woman through when he wants to create living hell for her).Furthermore, that semi-happy ending with the 2 characters hugging each other ruined everything and has nothing to do with the original plot.Just so we're clear, I don't think this is a bad movie, on the contrary, it brings a whole new perspective on how thin the line between love, obsession and hatred really is. However, the book does a much better job.

It's very hard to separate the turbulent events in Roman Polanski's life from his movies; surely they have defined his work, especially as he has so much control over what he does. So what are we to make of Bitter Moon? When directing his real-life wife, Emmanuelle Seigner, Polanski placed himself in the position of Peter Coyote's character, who seems to take perverse pleasure in watching his wife having affairs with other men. One can only wonder what Roman was thinking as he directed Coyote to lick the milk spilling down Seigner's naked torso - even if it was just acting. Later in the movie, Seigner cavorts sans pants a couple of more times with Coyote. Maybe everyone involved could have used a session or two with Doctor Phil.The film starts on a cruise liner as a young married couple, Nigel and Fiona Dobson (Hugh Grant and Kristen Scott Thomas), become involved with wheelchair bound Oscar Benton (Peter Coyote) and his seductive wife Mimi (Emmanuelle Seigner). Benton has a goading nature and takes delight in telling Nigel details of his life with Mimi sparing no juicy detail, much of which is seen in flashback. He tells how he went from lust to obsession then to absolute disdain before becoming totally dependent on her when he landed in the wheelchair.When Nigel learns that Benton practically throws his wife at other men, he becomes entranced with her and is determined to be one of those men. However, near the end, Nigel and Fiona receive a jolt that reignites their marriage, or so it seems as the ship sails off into the sunset.It wasn't until halfway through the film, about the time Benton entered the disdain phase of his relationship with Mimi, that I think I finally got this movie - it's a comedy - a black one to be sure. The change of pace midstream, especially when Benton starts to bully Elsa, is pretty ridiculous, and Coyote's performance isn't all that convincing from that point on unless the whole thing is seen as a big joke played on the hapless Nigel – then it makes perfect sense.Although definitely over-the-top, "Bitter Moon" doesn't give you much time to think about the inconsistencies. It's not in the same league as "Chinatown", "The Ghost Writer" or "The Pianist", but just waiting to see how far Polanski will let his wife go is enough to keep you on the edge of your seat without worrying too much about the story.

Sometimes, I just don't get it. How can such a brilliant director do one of the worst movie i've ever seen? Even more: how can people who love Polanski love this? It looks like it's not even from him.Let me explain myself:There is that "oh so British" couple cruising on a boat, where they met a guy in wheelchair and his young femme fatale wife, who turns Hugh Grant on. Her husband warn him about how cruel she is and how much he should stay away from her... by doing this: telling his old overly romanticized love story with her, the perfect french girl, "a mix between sexual maturity and naiveté".And of course it's by never-ending flashbacks in Paris where-every-flat- has-a-view-on-the-Eiffel-Tower with all the clichés that ever existed about Paris/french women. His love story turns into a porn-chic/BDSM relationship with so much details we can make an actual porn out of it. The most twisted it gets, the better it is. And the more predictable too.And of course it turns Hugh Grant on even more. And what about his wife? That's it, NOTHING about her character. Nothing more, in fact, about Grant's character either. And no real consistency in the main characters too.No psychology, no depth, no real scenario... FOR MORE THAN TWO HOURS. The photography is not even good! And it got so tacky and old with that Vangelis music, GOD!Maybe i would have been less strict if it wasn't from Polanski, but this guy made Chinatown, Repulsion, Tess, some of the best movies ever! Do yourself a favor and avoid this one.