Ouch.
While I enjoy Quebec-based (French Canada) cinema, confident to find a few gems with each passing year, I must admit there are a lot of movies in La Belle Province missing the mark.
« Truffe » is one of those.
A sure thing : Kim Nguyen's creative world is an interesting one, and Truffe's basic setting, in which the world climate changes allows truffle's to grow in tunnels below Montréal, is original and genre-defying.
Passed this, everything misfires : 1. The use of black and white instead of colour is unjustified and annoying.
2. Characters are bland, lifeless and unlikable, even when played by quality actors.
3. The alien creatures look ridiculous, as if taken from a bad 50's sci-fi movie.
4. The plot, in which an alien corporation takes over truffle's production and marketing, feels used and cliché... The Stuff did it a hundred times better during the 80s.
5. The movie's score is annoying to the bone, especially when combined with the aliens ridiculous look.
Bottom line : A wasted effort from an otherwise promising young director. See « La Cité » instead.
While I enjoy Quebec-based (French Canada) cinema, confident to find a few gems with each passing year, I must admit there are a lot of movies in La Belle Province missing the mark.
« Truffe » is one of those.
A sure thing : Kim Nguyen's creative world is an interesting one, and Truffe's basic setting, in which the world climate changes allows truffle's to grow in tunnels below Montréal, is original and genre-defying.
Passed this, everything misfires : 1. The use of black and white instead of colour is unjustified and annoying.
2. Characters are bland, lifeless and unlikable, even when played by quality actors.
3. The alien creatures look ridiculous, as if taken from a bad 50's sci-fi movie.
4. The plot, in which an alien corporation takes over truffle's production and marketing, feels used and cliché... The Stuff did it a hundred times better during the 80s.
5. The movie's score is annoying to the bone, especially when combined with the aliens ridiculous look.
Bottom line : A wasted effort from an otherwise promising young director. See « La Cité » instead.