Paul

Seemed like it had potential. In.the end, it was too unrealistic, repetitive and poorly paced. Did not live up to my expectations.

This movie is a mess. The writers shamelessly stole ideas from several sci-fi movies and concepts and then threw in a heavy dose of mechs & Groundhog Day! The cardboard characters, lack of plausibility and lack of chemistry between the protagonists are bad enough. To top it all off the cartoonish rendering of the aliens (Ghost Busters?) are designed to scare and be believable to a 4 year old. As an adult it is hard to buy into. Fell asleep on the first viewing. Upon rewatching I found I did not miss much.

The filmmakers had to add a written summary at the end because they failed to make their points in the movie. Too much time was spent on flashbacks with Francois that did not move the story forward. They did a good job of showing the challenges of women in that era. They did a poor job of showing the innovations / contributions / competency the widow Clicquot brought to the family business. Appropriately filmed primarily in the dark, this film leaves the audience in the dark wondering why they bothered.