Review of Annette (2021) by Olivierpiel — 21 Aug 2021

By trying to go mainstream , Carax completely misses the mark and becomes lazy, self-indulgent, navel gazing and simply precious. By relying on a verbose script and boring exposition scenes, the cinematography and photography, which should be the core of its art, only flickers here and there, as symbolic embers of his dying inspiration.

Cotillard is as usual acting herself and insufferable as ever while Driver is of course a brooding faux-romantique caricature of himself.