Review of How Much Do You Love Me?

For non French-speakers the title translates as HowMuch Do You Love Me, ergo my summary. Normally I'm prepared to go a long way to avoid Monica Bellucci but against that I'm equally prepared to go as far again to see Gerard Depardieu so there you have the problem in a nutshell. Blier has been, of course, associated inextricably with Depardieu from the first and it would not be an exaggeration to say that Depardieu owes his career to Blier's Les Valseuses, but there is, surely a limit to how grateful one can be; after all Gerry can be said to have paid Blier back with interest with his appearances in Get Out Your Handkerchiefs, Too Beautiful For You and so on. On the other hand this latest Blier entry toplined Bernard Campan, so good in Se Souvenirs des belles choses and it's he who kick-starts the plot, having won the lottery and inclined to 'buy' hooker Bellucci. That should give you an idea of what to expect and frankly it doesn't get any better so I'm really not surprised that no one has chosen to write about something released in October, quickly withdrawn from the large salles and now reduced to two screens in Cinemas du quartier. A major disappointment.