The Screen Illusion (2010)
In this contemporary adaptation of Pierre Corneille’s brilliant, eponymous 17th century play, the enigmatic Alcandre is now a hotel concierge who uses the myriad in-house high-tech security cameras to show worried father Pridamant the whereabouts and travails of his son, Clindor. As Pridamant witnesses the conflicting romances involving his estranged son, Corneille’s modernist meta-narrative is transposed to contemporary Paris, underscoring the ambiguous nature of love, wealth and desire in an age of consumerism. (Chicago International Film Festival)
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It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.
This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.
A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.