I was excited to see this movie because several people had recommended it, but I really didn't think it was all that good. Maybe I'm just too American to understand the French courts, but everything about the legal proceedings seemed ridiculous to me. Like suspicion even being cast on the wife without a shred of actual evidence, they simply say "these bruises aren't what we'd expect, his wife must have killed him". They badgered a child to get the results they want, taking his word as truth until he changed his mind and then their legal standing was "no takesies-backsies". The first witness is lead by the prosecutor like a dog to say the things he wanted, they read fiction literature in a court room as evidence to the authors character, people would just jump up and start cross-examining whenever they felt like it. If this is how it works in France, I'm mortified. When the movie hurt a dog to make a stupid point I started to check out, not only that but the court seemed to consider the "dog experiment" as actual evidence. The last 10 minute to me were the most confusing part. Like there was a perfect moment for an ending, I even said "aaaaaand credits" only to get 10 more minutes of.....? I don't really know what that ending was about, I kept waiting for some sort of reveal.
Again, maybe I just don't get the French courts, but this movie seemed extremely unlikely and felt very frustrating. If you're into European court dramas I guess check it out, but I think this was kind of meh.
Again, maybe I just don't get the French courts, but this movie seemed extremely unlikely and felt very frustrating. If you're into European court dramas I guess check it out, but I think this was kind of meh.