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Just what I expected

Admirable film.

It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

I'm delighted to find that every single comment on this beautiful movie is Positive, indeed, it would be difficult if not impossible to find anything negative to comment on. If you've ever been a child, if you ever had a beautiful but fragile mother, if you ever danced and skipped through a Golden childhood - or just wished you did - then this is for you; it's Meet Me In St Louis without the songs, It's I Remember Mama without the Norwegian accents, The Happy Time without the Canadian overtones and any other film you can think of that evokes those fleeting days of enchantment When We Were Very Young. Above all it's a wonderful antidote to the angst, stress, violence etc that comprise the fabric of the modern cinema - and don't even mention the anti-cinema brigade as personified by Godard who could no more shoot even one Frame as lyrical as this than he could master Mandarin in 24 hours. It would be churlish to single out anyone from the superlative cast and the only thing better than watching it for the first time is to watch it for the twentieth. Magnifique.

I first saw Le Château de ma mère and La Gloire de mon père shortly after their release in 1990. At first, I gave a higher ranking to Le Château. I just saw the two movies again, and now it's La Gloire who's coming on first.But it is not to say that Le Château is not a good movie. It's an EXCELLENT movie. The saga of Marcel continues. Young Marcel Pagnol that is. The cast is again great: Philippe Caubère and Nathalie Roussel shine, Juline Ciamaca does a great job as Marcel.And, once again, we get a taste of life in France's countryside, its colors, its ways of doing things. Great!Too bad, there was not a third movie to follow La Gloire and Le Château.See this one!Out of 100, I gave it 86. That's good for ***½ out of ****. I gave La Gloire de mon père the same star rating, but 87 out of 100.Seen again at home, in Toronto, on August 11th, 2002.

When my cousin and I rented this film, we had no idea that it was French and in subtitles. Although I am in the process of learning the French language (slowly), I was a bit taken aback by the fact that I had to watch it in subtitles. However, after the first 10 minutes I was completely immersed in the beautiful countryside, and the flow of the language.First of all, there is no specific plot to this story. One event flows into the next, but they are unrelated, held together by the characters. But the acting and the landscapes are beautiful and ethereal, and you wish that you could be there.This is not to say that the film doesn't make sense, it most certainly does, and there is a point to it. The end comes on a bit abruptly, although it too is gentle and poignant.As long as you can read fast enough to keep up with the subtitles (and after a bit you don't even notice you're doing it), this is a lovely film to see. It's quite suitable for all ages, but as it IS in subtitles, you don't want to watch it with children too young to read fast enough.A lovely film, very French, and very beautiful. 10/10, definitely.

My Mother's Castle is the distilled essence of nostalgia for lost childhood - we see the hero's story in a golden light of memory, where the desserts are always the most tempting that could ever be, and the dishes never get dirty. The cinematography is stunning - the exact evocation of that warm and golden place in our memories. And the ending is, like it says - stunning, satisfying, perfect. I just love this movie - it's one of life's little miracles.