La Répétition


Mainstream Movie

(France/Canada, 2000)

Average rating
Build-up:2.0 
Kissing:3.6 
Love scenes:2.6 
Movie overall:2.6 

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Reviewer
Beatie
Build-up  Kissing  Love scenes  Movie overall 

Be very careful classing this as a lesbian film. My partner and I saw it two weeks ago as part of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Film Festival. Many women walked out, and the people who stayed were appalled. It's not a lesbian film and classing it as such is very offensive. It's a story about two particularly messed up straight women, one of whom happens to have an obsession for the other.

Actresses:
Pascale Bussières & Emmanuelle Béart


They do have one sex scene where they are both fully naked and it's particularly explicit, but this is no reason to see the film.

The movie is extremely annoying, and seems to be saying women who are attracted to other women are pretty psycho. In Kinnsey scale terms one of these women is a two at best, the other is completely straight.
I wouldn't recommend this movie to my worst enemy.
Reviewer
Elven
Build-up  1 Kissing  3 Love scenes  1 Movie overall  1

I was extremely put off by this film! Pascale Bussières was so wonderful in her first lesbian-themed movie (In fact, stop reading this and go see that movie! Look for her film in the index under "W") that I could hardly wait to see her in this one, but this is just horrible - not just mysoginistic & homophobic, but unforgivably unerotic, irritating and boring. Very French, and not in the good way. The single sex scene is abrupt, ill-lit and short and not worth sitting through the rest of this long and excruciating film. Perhaps the most disappointing movie I have ever seen in my life.
Reviewer
Chelle
Build-up  2 Kissing  5 Love scenes  4 Movie overall  4

This was a great movie. The love scene was hot hot hot. I can see that Pascale is a great kisser. I will make no apologies for this review. My blood was boiling at the thought of her kiss. Geeze, who could be so lucky? I've seen other films that she's in and I just have to say; she is definetly passionate and presents believability with #1 class and emotion. I guess I'm a little biased when it comes to Pascale. I like everything I've seen her in so far. But like I said, I really like her. I definelty hope to see more films with her. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
Reviewer
Giannis
Build-up  3 Kissing  3 Love scenes  3 Movie overall  3

I respect the first two reviewer's opinion but I fully disagree with them. It might be not one of the best films I have seen but it surely was a good film. A film that most of the fans of girl / girl scenes in mainstream movies will like. For my taste always.
There was passion, there was the usual confusing feelings when one woman who considered herself as straight turns to make love with her best friend who always was in love with her but she was afraid to show it.
The erotic scene was very well performed and it lasted long enough, I mean long enough for a mainstream (not porn) movie. Emmanuelle Beart and Pascale Bussieres were beautiful.