Flutterby™! : Come Undone

Last night we were in the video store and ran across Come Undone, a French film about teen summer romance. Bouyed by the cover quotes and description, like:

Gorgeous, bronzed bodies on the beaches of France and a passionate romance between two French youths are reason enough to love Come Undone, but the bittersweet film also has something poignant to say about gay first love.

and the bright upbeat shots on the back of the box, and looking for something to wipe the taste of the execrable Brokeback Mountain away, we rented it.

It wasn't bad a as a student film, but for something marketed with lots of reds and yellows in the shots on the box, it opens blue and green, and is remarkably downbeat for something that could have been... well... hot. The director was far far too in love with his shots, there were many superflous images, lots of scenes held far too long, and... well... either make the camera a character or get a freakin' tripod, but the held shots were shakey in a way that I don't think were gate weave, and the handheld shots were far too intimate for the scenes they were trying to cover.

Not a great film, somewhat watchable, but not what we were expecting from the box.