Review of Tom et Lola

Tom et Lola (1990)
7/10
Brave Movie.
4 May 2005
Only the French could have made a movie like this, and it is a shame that movies like this will never be made again. . .

It was a bit strange and surreal and at the same time very bold and artistic. You really have to watch it at least twice to catch the point. Are they really aliens? Do they have a virus and need to live out their lives in plastic bubbles so as not to infect others? (I caught the fact that a virus is mentioned in a few parts in the movie) Do they have immune deficiently and have to live in a sterile environment? Or is the entire movie a metaphor for overprotective parents? As other's have pointed out there is nudity in the movie, however it is quite tame and not what most people would think when reading the reviews, and it was handled in such a way as to be both artistic, harmless, and to portray the innocence of the two--and in a way so that about a quarter of the way through the movie I stopped noticing it--and was more interested in what would happen to Tom and Lola.

The end of the movie did make me think, and I was both happy and a little sad for the both of them. I must say as a writer of Science Fiction and Fantasy I liked the movie and give credit to the film's creators, writers and actors for undertaking a very bold and interesting project.

As I said, this is a rare, interesting and visually imaginative movie, the likes of which we will probably never see again . . .
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