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Masculin Feminin (1966)

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Reviews Counted: 33

Fresh: 31

Rotten:2

Average Rating: 8.5/10

Consensus: A '60s time capsule stuffed with ideas about politics, pop culture, and the battle of the sexes, Masculine-Feminine is one of Godard's classic black-and-white films.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Feb 11, 2005 Limited

Synopsis: A film about "the children of Marx and Coca Cola" directed by the child of Brecht and Hollywood, MASCULINE-FEMININE is a touchstone in the career of Jean-Luc Godard, a window into the kinetic world... A film about "the children of Marx and Coca Cola" directed by the child of Brecht and Hollywood, MASCULINE-FEMININE is a touchstone in the career of Jean-Luc Godard, a window into the kinetic world of Paris in the 1960s, and a high point in the cinema of the French New Wave. It chronicles the love affair between Paul (Jean-Pierre Leaud), a young zealot with revolutionary leanings, and Madeleine (Chantal Goya), a fetching pop singer. Their relationship gradually breaks down as the two attempt to bridge their differences, albeit unsuccessfully (he likes Bob Dylan, she is only interested in the top 40). Along the way, they discuss current world culture and politics with their friends, and encounter a variety of bizarre individuals who only serve to exacerbate the youthful confusion of both Paul and Madeleine. One of Godard's most insightful films, MASCULINE-FEMININE represents a search for tenderness, and is, at the same time, an unsettling illumination of the Battle of the Sexes. By casting legitimate pop sensation Goya in the lead role, Godard threatened to date his film, taking into account the speed with which pop singers are replaced. Luckily for him, Goya is an engaging screen presence whose mere appearance is enough to keep things interesting. [More]

Starring: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Chantal Goya, Catherine-Isabelle Duport

Starring: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Chantal Goya, Catherine-Isabelle Duport

Director: Jean-Luc Godard

Director: Jean-Luc Godard

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Jean-Luc Godard visited the world of young folk to create his most humane film.

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08/29/06
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08/05/06
Josh Ralske
All Movie Guide

No one was ever better at collecting a hodgepodge of ideas and making them work as a cohesive whole, as the voice of one hyper-intelligent, constantly frustrated commentator.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
N/R

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02/09/06
Derek Adams
Time Out

Foray into the mindset of the Children of the Sixties.

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01/27/06
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

May not have aged any better than Godard's other films of the period, but that doesn't mean Paul and company don't continue to ask questions and spout the opinions of the newly enlightened.

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10/14/05
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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There's a seductive immediacy to all this… despite the film's obvious satiric touches, you come away from it with a vivid impression of a time and place and the people who inhabited it.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | comment Comment
09/02/05
Robert W. Butler
Kansas City Star

Masculine, Feminine may not equal some of Godard's prior films but while it does revisit many of his usual themes it is noteworthy for being an intriguing dissection of where he, himself, fits into the picture.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
08/16/05
Greg Bellavia
Film Threat

The kaleidoscopic film's meandering mirrors the uncertainty of that restless, tumultuous era.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
07/28/05
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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N/R

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07/05/05
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

An odd, scattered, free-form, but thoroughly engaging film.

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06/17/05
Mary Brennan
Seattle Times

It's cumulatively entertaining, and a fascinating and nostalgic time capsule of its era.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
06/17/05
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

It could shake up young viewers now as it 40 years ago, except that there's no French New Wave momentum of film passion.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
06/03/05
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune

One of the most alluring and bizarre shapes that Godard's itchy search for truth and meaning took in those heady long-ago days.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
05/20/05
Shawn Levy
Oregonian

Jean-Luc Godard is like a fine wine that is an acquired taste... and I prefer margaritas.

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05/06/05
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

This is the Godard that fans would like to take to the grave: jaundiced, naughty, immediate, very much alive.

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05/05/05
Chris Vognar
Dallas Morning News
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You can appreciate Godard's vigorous early visual style.

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04/14/05
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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One of the quintessential '60s foreign art films, a bizarre melange of pop music, revolution, sex, movie allusions and poetry.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
04/14/05
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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...a crucial, though not very satisfying, transitional work...

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04/07/05
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

A shotgun wedding of the political and the personal.

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04/02/05
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer
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