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Good movie but grossly overrated

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Wartime stories are kind a worn out genre, even in Europe, which tried to give them some more humane touch ("A very long engagement", "Atonement", "Enemy at the gates"). "Frantz" is one of those humane dramas about the gallantry and knighthood between the enemies and a discreet love triangle that emerges among the hatred and fresh wounds after the ending of First World War. Slow tempo and gradual building of tension will seduce the viewer in the first part of the movie, but will leave the story open and pretty much without the required climax and outcome. "Frantz" is a solid piece of war/love drama, but not a special one as well.

This film is true in the sense that it portrays universal truths about human beings, their interactions and their effects on one another. The story, about a Frenchman who comes to visit the grave of a German soldier after World War I, is one that begins with a simple gesture and then takes us along for a ride through the fields of human longing. Many of the people in the German town resent the Frenchman. They are bitter about losing the war and quite a few families there lost sons in the conflict. They do not treat him with hostility, but they are correct in their behavior, not friendly. The one person who does take to him is the sister of the dead German, whom the Frenchman claims to have known years earlier in Paris.He establishes an endearing friendship with the parents of the dead German soldier, tells them what he remembers of their son and listens to their stories about him. Little by little we can see an attraction growing between him and the sister.I will leave at that so as not to make a spoiler/ Suffice it to say that what he and the young woman discover through their friendship is a connection to the truth, not just in details about something that has happened and can never be taken back, but in the sense of learning about their own feelings and their own destinies. The story is told in vibrant black and white for the most part and the cinematography is superb. The acting is also outstanding. There are no big emotional outbursts this movie, only subtle movements, glances and soft conversations that reveal all that needs to be revealed.GMF

It's 1919 in the small town of Quedlinburg, Germany. Anna dutifully lays flowers at her financee Frantz Hoffmeister's grave. She's living with his parents who are still devastated from his death at the front. An unknown Frenchman named Adrien is visiting Frantz's grave. He tells them that he's a friend from their time in Paris.The black and white look is poignant and sad. There are interesting sections of colour. I do question if the Hoffmeisters would not question Adrien's story. It's obvious where the story is going. There are good moments throughout. The most powerful is Anna on the train as she first witnesses the war damage. The ending has a good helping of understated sadness but I was looking for something even darker. This film is poetic and works fine.

I rarely watch movies and don't care much for the cinema in general. But when I first saw this film on a plane, it so haunted me that I watched it twice after that, at home. From the first moment, you are irresistibly drawn to the main characters, each of whom is battling with inner fears, loss, and grief after the end of world war one. The acting is superb, the dialogues full of subtleties and sensitiveness. the photography beautiful. Among the main themes are love, loss, deception, and truth, but especially forgiveness and honour. The main actors never give in to cheap sentiment or selfishness, but show a depth of character and nobility of spirit that is not often seen in modern cinema -- or in real life for that matter. One of the few movies I would happily re-watch a dozen times!!