Head in the Clouds (2004)

One of the best films i have seen

Fantastic!

Boring, over-political, tech fuzed mess

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

My brother had the Head on the Clouds DVD like five years ago. I wasn't into drama movies back then. I put the disc on the player. And i was amazed.I used to watch horror movies all the time. Head on the Clouds was a big change for me. The writing was great and i think it shows the World War 2 very realistic. Charlize Theron is great as Gilda, a character i will always remember.Some scenes really effected me and the end is just so tearful and the last scene is excellent.It's an underrated movie. Mostly because there are lots of unnecessary sex scenes. But it's much more better than a lot of war movies. For the people who wants to see this movie, don't boggle by the IMDb vote or bad reviews just watch it and decide yourself. I think it's excellent and very emotional 8.5/10.

Set in England, France and Spain between the 20s and the end of WWII, it doesn't really evoke any of the places it's set in very convincingly - only rather superficially. It wasn't a bad film – nowhere near as lame as something like Charlotte Gray, for instance. It wasn't an especially good movie, either, though. Nothing about Head in the Clouds is ever dreadful, but it's also all rather skin deep, with none of the characters' plights ever really moving the viewer. When Charlize Theron's poor little rich girl Gilda had to choose between the Gestapo Officer and the nice, idealistic Irish boy fighting for the partisans in the Spanish Civil War, I was willing her to go for the sexy German. Oops – probably not what its makers had in mind. It didn't really matter, though - to me she was just having to choose between a blonde haired guy and a dark haired guy, and not much else. Finally, Penelope Cruz, who'd borrowed her limp from Audrey Tautou's character in Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles, looked like she was waiting for Almodovar to pop by any minute and whisk her off to a far more interesting film set. At least my boyfriend got to see Theron's boobies, though, so he was happy about that.

For once, a title that fits perfectly the content. Indeed, "Empty heads" would have been even better, but alas one cannot ask for too many details in the title alone.Basically this movie is only a showcase for beautiful Ms. Theron, who struts around always impeccably made up, and wearing a variety of sexy gowns and hairstyles, just like in a fashion show.If you are a boy, this may be reason enough to have a movie made, but in any other case it is most definitely not enough.Ms. Cruz is also shown in a most favorable light, but it is clear that the only character that really matters is the blonde model, who spends her life sleeping around and changing clothes. Not a chance anybody can really buy the fact that Ms. Theron's character (named Gilda) is a famous photographer or that she in the least care about anybody around her.On these premises, the story falls flat on its face, especially in the last third, which is supposed to be dramatic and where we learn a surprising truth about the allegedly empty-headed Gilda. Unfortunately, if character study means something, it is just plain impossible to believe that Gilda is something else than a self-absorbed, empty-headed, sluttish and opportunistic brat.And so much for the incredibly shallow romance and the lesbian dance – if you enjoy seeing two women flirting with each other on the dance floor go and see "Frida" which is a much better movie.

I think this movie is a good film although the end of film wasn't perfect. If you love Charlize Theron , You can find her in many different scene and shaping! Head In The clouds is a romantic drama set in 1930's England,Paris and spin.... I think the score of this film in IMDb isn't true and it should be about 7 - 8.5 I type the note that written about this film: In a city of glamour at a time of decadence they met, a soldier of conscience, and an entertainer. Together they shared a deep passion. In this film also Penelope Cruz and Stuart Townsend Had very good match with their character.Three Lives....One Destiny.