Melvil Poupaud

I'd say that this mixed bag is better toted home from a video store, but Wong Kar-Wai's just not as swoony on a picture tube...cineastes, proceed with caution.

A cinematic tone poem, wafting on wistful tableaus and sad faces....mostly elaborates on how death must ultimately be a personal experience.

In working to keep the audience off-center...Desplechin artfully makes the well-worn family-weekend plot endearing again.