If I was ever to leave Paris, the thing I think I would miss the most is the cinema. I love French films and go to the movies as often as I can. Last year I watched 53 movies. It wasn’t enough. The goal for this year is 100.

Even though I love going to the movies, I tend to forget them as soon as I walk out of the cinema. Even if it’s a great movie, I have trouble remembering the details. My brain can’t seem to retain that data. So I figured I’ll write a little review of each movie I see, just for future reference.

Le Siffleur

I like to watch previews of movies before I go and see them, just to weed out the obviously crappy ones. The bande annonce wasn’t available when I read about Le Siffleur (The Whistler) but I knew Sami Bouajila was in it and seeing as he is one of my favourite French actors of all time, I figured it would be worth watching. Wrong!

As soon as I saw the introductory credits I knew I was in trouble. Thierry Lhermitte – the worst French actor ever. Francois Berleand – not far behind. Virginie Efira – the host of La Nouvelle Star! OMG!

For starters, what was Sami Bouajila, one of the most talented actors ever, doing in this film? Talk about disappointing. I won’t go into details about the film but when I saw the weak main character (played by Francois Berleand) replaced by his strong, charming ‘twin’ brother, I knew I had to get out of there. 30 minutes was all I could stomach before walking out.

I know it’s early, but this gets my vote for the worst movie of the year.

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