What was the reception of Women on the Balcony, director Noemi Merlanti’s new film? The press gives it an average rating of 3.1 out of 5 (34 press titles).
Did he convince his first audience? The average is low among Internet users, with a total of 2.6 out of 5, thanks to 189 people* who have rated it so far (including 61 Internet reviewers).
This horror comedy stars Noemi Merlant, Suheila Yacoub and Sanda Codreanu in front of the camera. The story follows these three women in an apartment in Marseille in the middle of the heat. The opposite, their mysterious neighbor, the object of every fantasy. They find themselves trapped in a terrifying and delusional affair with their only quest, freedom…
“Enjoyable” and “inspirational” comedy
Several Internet users emphasize the pleasant side of this comedy, which claims a certain amount of influence, especially Pedro Almodovar. Some excerpts from the reviews collected on the user comments page:
gleegreyschuck (5/5): “A moving, gory, colorful, feel-good comedy, a wonderfully produced sour candy.“
An-So P (5/5): “An inspiring, funny movie with a really great cast. I dream of a world where women have the same freedom over their bodies as shown in some parts of the film.”
Cinephiles 44 (4.5/5):Actress Noemi Merlanti’s second feature film is a real surprise behind the camera. Women on the Balcony is a post #MeToo feminist comedy about body freedom, fantasies, friendship and male power, handled with boundless energy by the talents of three actors.
Merlanti doesn’t shy away from borrowing the styles of Dario Argento, Pedro Almodóvar, even Gaspar Noé and Alfred Hitchcock to deliver a bloody and over-the-top funny film set with a vivid color palette and an original soundtrack.
Absolutely delightful, the film modernizes erotica to better confront viewers with painful subjects.“
Leoliveyour (4/5): ”Noemi Merlant managed to do what Barbie or how to have sex didn’t. Fighting, disturbing and funny. Genres are mixed and the camera just rolls around and we love it. The trio of actors is magical. De Palma and Mario Bava must have inspired the film’s photography.”
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But a very “incoherent” scenario?
Internet users who did not support Noemi Merlant’s movie proposal consider the film “too unrealistic” and “too incoherent.” Some people find it “confused”:
LCDC YT (3.5/5): “Noemi Merlant, as a beautiful proposal of the cinema, seems a little too much to give priority to her words to the consistency of her story, despite the stunning and very accurate interpretations.“.
arthur44 (2/5): “If Noemi Merlant thinks post-meto women are what she makes them out to be, I’m not sure her reckoning with men will be well understood, as her feminist messages are rather confused, which her sci-fi production hardly matches. sheds any light.“
DJANE L. (0.5/5): “Too nasty, too vulgar… too unrealistic and too inconsistent. I ran after an hour, being a very sensitive girl, I couldn’t stand it, sometimes it was too exaggerated and then at some point I started to get bored. This movie is not my delirium…“
donniedarko1 (0.5/5):It is very disappointing. Rather poorly shot, caricatured and not very funny. A film that falls apart throughout its length.“
Women on the Balcony is currently in theaters.
* Average as of Friday, December 13, 2024 from ratings and reviews seen on AlloCiné
Source: Allocine
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