I don't fluently speak a foreign language, but I love foreign language film; they always seem so much arts-ier than regular movies. This one is pretty good, too. Yolande Moreau gives such a good, understated performance as French painter Séraphine. She hardly speaks much through-out the entire film, but it's a performance that requires so much than words said.
One of my new fave films, Fox is perfect. Can't believe the Academy kept this one put of the Best Picture race. Perfectly voiced by George Clooney and Meryl Streep, Wes Anderson and Noah Bambauch don't allow arch-ness to get in the way of comedy and fantastic story-telling.
When I was ten and watching this, I ran and hid in my room. Re-watching this the other night, I realized why. I probably have never seen a scarier movie in all my life. It's a perfect blend of pitch and tone, too, and less you not realize, the movie doesn't have a cheap and manipulative accompanying score; it doesn't need that Just look at the expressions on Ellen Burstyn's face.
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