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May Fools

1990, Movie, NR, 108 mins

May Fools: Review

Louis Malle's latest film, MAY FOOLS, is a radical, comic departure from the somber intensity of his last, AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS. Would that it were as successful and moving a work as AU REVOIR (or his ATLANTIC CITY; LACOMBE LUCIEN; or even MY DINNER WITH ANDRE), but, unfortunately, MAY FOOLS is cloying and precious in the annoying way that French films (and some people) have when convinced too mightily of their own charm. The action is set in May 1968, at the time of the s... read more leave a comment