Don't Worry, I'm Fine (2006)

Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

So much average

Good concept, poorly executed.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

After watching the charmingly bonkers Now You See Me again recently,I decided to have a look on Amazon for other movies with the very pretty actress Mélanie Laurent. In among the Hollywood titles I spotted a French film with her that had English Subtitles,which led to me getting ready to find out how fine Mélanie Laurent is.The plot:Returning to France after being away in Spain for a year, Elise "Lili" Tellier finds out that he musician brother Loïc has run off since having a heated argument with their dad Paul. Depressed over Loïc not contacting her in any way at all, Lili starts to not eat or drink at all,which leads to her getting hospitalised.As Lili hits a low point,Paul reveals that Loïc has sent her a letter.Her spirits lifted,Lili decides to go and track her brother down.View on the film:Strapped to a hospital bed,the dazzling Mélanie Laurent superbly expresses the life drained out of Lili and the slow.painful rediscovery of optimism.Placing all the blame on his shoulders, Kad Merad gives an excellent performance as Paul Tellier,by peeling away at Paul's stone shell,to reveal his full,true self.Shot in a alluringly breezy style by co-writer/(along with Olivier Adam) director Philippe Lioret,the screenplay by Lioret gets under the hood of the sun-kissed middle class life. Surrounding Lili with well-drawn support round the hospital bed, the writers brilliantly peel open all of the missed opportunities and the secret selfless acts committed by Lili's fine family.

Wow, how do you review this film without spoiling has to be magic to me? For a non-suspense film, it is tremendously relying on surprise and the unexpected end is key. However this film also succeeds to remain interesting at the second viewing, despite not having anything to learn at the end. Once you know the truth, you look very differently at the secondary roles, especially the father (Kad Merad). From jerk, he becomes a loving father doing what he thinks the best and/or what he can. This is overall magnificent, emotional without being soapy and the main track of the soundtrack is also wonderful. I cannot stress enough that you should watch it a minimum of twice.

I was given this movie and did not know anything about it. I have been very touched by the story. The actors are very good in their roles and don't overact. The film was quite hard sometimes however it really shows how strong the family links between brothers and sisters can be. The relationship between Lili and Grenouille is also full of reality. It is hard sometimes to understand how the father react to the cruel words read by his daughter on the cards she received but it is his way to protect her and it is a very noble act. Melanie Laurent is a little rising star for the french cinema. I really advise you to see this movie as it is a beautiful one.

Elise is a young woman 19 years old who return home after having spent a school year in Spain. She meets again her parents and is surprised not to see her twin brother, Loïc. Her parents explain to her that her brother has left home after a violent quarrel with their father. But, she is astonished not to have received phone calls from him. She suspects that something arrived to her brother, but she has no means to get news from him. Then she decides to stop to eat. Her parents are obliged to send her to an hospital and it's only when she receives post cards from her brother that she stop her hunger strike. But things are not simple and she shall discover later truth about his brother disappearing. The movie is a very dramatic painting both on conflict between parents and child, but also on love that ties twin brother and sister. Acting is very good, specially for Mélanie Laurent and Kad Merad and I consider this movie as a great one.