melodramatic

It is a really rather good film, engrossing melodrama with a nice visual flair, but in its melodrama it leaves me wanting more, either I want it to possess the elegance of something like Letter from an Unknown Woman, or if it is going to be as talky as it is I'd prefer something more akin to the understated, insightful Rohmerian touch (which for me makes every line gripping). It wets the appetite, but needs something more to fully satisfy.

"As he grew older, Alain Resnais revealed the wistful sentimentalist behind the formalist pathfinder of Hiroshima Mon Amour and Muriel." - Fernando F. Croce