Interesting movie about Hokusai's daughter (and not about Hokusai himself, so don't expect to watch a biography of him!! I have no idea why people thinks it's a biography of him since the title is "Miss Hokusai"...).
The movie is about her art, but also a slice of life, showing some parts of her everyday life. I personally really enjoyed it. The animation is very pretty and I like the fact that I didn't really know what to expect of the story.
However, it's difficult to really understand the intentions of the movie since it doesn't really focus on anything and it can be rather puzzling. I advice to see the movie as a brief representation of a moment in Oei Katsushika's life and to not expect to see something with a "structured" plot with a beginning and a end.
I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. As a French wlw, I don't know a lot of lgbt movies that were made for and by French people so I was happy to discover this one! I grew up with very few movies to represent me and all of them were from foreign countries...
The acting was very natural and I loved seeing a depiction of the feminist movement of the 70's (though it's really focused on white feminism but seeing that it's about two white women, it's not super surprising for the times).
I would have loved to see even more of the feminist fights and the end was, like too many lgbtq movie, ambiguous. It's obviously a happy ending but why must lgbt couple always be separated? I wish we had at least a mention of them meeting or smth like that
All in all, a very nice viewing that I definitely recommend!
A really nice movie, much better than the 2007 version! I felt that it was a really good depiction of women's situations at that time. I just hoped against everything that Sir Bertram would drop dead, especially after the (unsurprising) discovery of his actions towards slaves. It did feel a bit strange to show how awful this character is and not have him face his actions but I guess it would have been too different that the original version.
Funny and interesting but super homophobic.
I'm going to sound like an old lady but it's nothing like the book of my childhood. There's too much unnecessary romantic subplot and I don't really get the weird aesthetic. But it's funny (though it made me realize how creepy that story actually was).
I only watched this because Hayley Kiyoko is in this movie and I must say, this was really, REALLY american. Really Disney-ish and so really predictable but I guess a little bit fun? I'm aware I'm not the public targeted anyways so... ^-^
But it was funny how everything in the movie and the promotions pictures tried to push Olivia as the center while Stella should actually be the main character (but she's not white and this is Hollywood I guess?).
YES. YES. YES. YES. YES.
I really appreciated this movie. I was surprised that it respected the manga that much! Casting Masaki Suda was a really good decision from the management as he interpret Kuranosuke/Kurako really well!
Though I already read the manga before, I think you can easily watch it independently of the manga.
The acting was awkward, the chemistry lacking... I was also surprised at the acting of Hayley Atwell that was lacking something at some parts of this movie because she's usually a very good actress. All in all, this movie was disappointing and slightly boring. I hope the 1999 version will be more satisfying to watch.
I actually quite enjoyed it. The main interest of that movie is of course the bling-bling side of Versailles. I don't agree with everything in that movie and the characters were all rather superficially describe except the royal couple, in my opinion but I liked the performance and the atmosphere.
It was really cute and surprinsingly not just centered around the romance
Wonderful landscapes and acting. Meryl Streep is amazing and touching.
The colonial atmosphere was embarrassing at times but it's better than the book.
A really fun movie. I loved the aesthetic. I wish they'd make a sequel!
I watched it after reading that it was a feminist movie. It's way better than I expected (though the french voices are awful) even if the scenario is really obvious. It's sweet and just what I needed in a bad time of my depression.
The bad point for me was the cliché of homosexual people.
We don't see enough movies like this! As a French person, I really recommend watching this movie if you want to discover more about France than just the mainstream image :)
Editing this (22/07/18) to say that years after writing this, I grew up and learned and realizes now that some parts are really cliché and might show a negative image of people living in the suburbs. The sad thing is that it shows the main heroine struggling without really acknowledging the main problem which is the french society itself (build by and for white people). The writer and director is a white woman so it's not overly surprising.
If you're interested in a movie focused on black women, i heard that "Ouvrir la voix" by Amandine Gay, was much better :)
