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And Now...
Ladies and Gentlemen... (2002)

Rate: 5
Viewed: 1/25

AndNow
1/25: It's a good thing that Jeremy Irons was part of the cast for And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...; otherwise, I would've never seen it.

At first, I didn't know it was a foreign film, having been made by the French that was actually shot on location in France, England, and Morocco. Then, there's the fact that Jeremy Irons could speak French fluently. I thought it was her, and yep, it's her: Claudia Cardinale. She's old-looking in the film compared to the 60's and, obviously, hasn't been relevant since then.

Well, what went wrong? For starters, it's the editing that made the storytelling confusing with probably half of it taking place in a dream. After a while, I started to figure out the plot. However, the movie never stopped and just kept going on and on without making a point. Then, there's Patricia Kaas who sung randomly...and often. Just convert the whole thing into soundtrack only if that's how it's going to be. Anyway, she isn't an actress, and to date, it's the only film that she has done.

You may see a boat amidst the crashing waves on the movie poster and elsewhere, but there's barely any of that in the film. I think it would be funny if the two amnesiacs met each other in Morocco by random chance and then agreed to sail around the world. After being on the boat for a while, they suddenly forgot what they're doing and began to resent each other but were essentially stuck, hence the new title: And Now... These Two Idiots Were Okay with Having a Brain Surgery in Morocco....

All in all, And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... is average but not a total waste of time.