Jules and Jim (1962)

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Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.

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Directed By: François Truffaut

Written By: François Truffaut, Henri-Pierre Roché

Starring: Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Vanna Urbino, Boris Bassiak, Anny Nelsen

Genres: Romance, Drama

Country: France

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Stars	User	Rating
8	MartinTeller	98 _99th
Wonderfully warm and full of great moments and touching truths. Oskar Werner is magnificent, all vulnerability and shy charm, and of course Jeanne Moreau and Henri Serre are excellent too. The score is lyrical and beautiful.
8	Alex Watkins	5 _91st
Fantastically done in just about every regard. Visually, the film is extraordinary; Truffaut must've had a lot of fun in the editing room, what with all the quick cuts and freeze frames. There's a wonderful elegance to the entire film, which I can't quite find the words to describe. And it moves along at a torrid pace, somehow mixing in moments of somber meditation but never slowing down. Truly a joy to watch.
6	Magb	95 _94th
This film may be called "Jules and Jim", but its story invariably revolves around the allure, the whims and the follies of Catherine. Catherine is a true femme fatale -- a woman who is no good at all for the men who fall in love with her, or for herself. But for all her faults, we can't help but fall in love with her ourselves. Jules et Jim is an incredibly warm film. It's excellently structured, has impeccable acting and a great score, and is an all-around masterpiece.
6	eveelun	100 _99th
A beautiful film. The cinematography, editing, and music are gorgeous, and the dynamic between the three characters is both somber and exhilirating. I could watch this film every day of my life and not tire of it.
4	Anomaly	75 _59th
I watched it several times, convinced I had missed something on the first viewing, but I didn't find it. The middle section is brilliant, but the first third is too fast - Godard's hands are all over it - and the ending suddenly gets cheesy and absurd. After watching Catherine's tricks for so long, it just gets tiresome, and I wondered how Jules and Jim keep falling for it. Displays a great mastery of technical skills but the execution of the story is too all over the place for me to enjoy.
3	Moribunny	60 _54th
French New Wave cinema exists to be appreciated, but does little to be enjoyed, and Jules et Jim is a great example: It strikes an intellectual pose, tries for an artsy look and strains to be witty and charming. The characters, however, are made of paper and their relationships superficially described and impenetrable. Is the lack of closeups a catalyst to this or simply a symptom of the director's disinterest in his subjects?
3	Barthalen	79 _77th
Technically competent and at times refreshing, but after a strong first half the movie started losing me. The interactions between Jim and Jules are enjoyable and their mutual respect feels very adult, but I quickly soured on Catherine. Impulsive, controlling, childish, frustrating. And both Jules and Jim completely falling for this woman makes them ring a bit hollow, which hurts a movie that focuses on these people.
3	Judge Holden	3 _32nd
A completely unbelievable romance with flat, tiresome characters.
2	jimmynmu	96 _98th
Incredible all around, especially the acting. Jules et Jim is a lot of fun, a really heart warming film.
2	Pickpocket	8 _82nd
An incredible movie that is begging for me to rewatch it.
2	PeaceAnarchy	91 _95th
A wonderful experience. The film has a joyful, infectious tone to it that sucks you in and never lets go. It's about the lifelong friendship of Jules and Jim, a Frenchman and a German, in the early 1900's and does a great job of commenting on many aspects of life and relationships. The acting is wonderful, as is some of the editing and music; I just wish there was more Marie Dubois, whose stole the few scenes she was in.
2	frederic_g54	10 _97th
A concise, strong, heartwarming film, not without its share of admirable performances and in this case, clever editing tricks. The story is a real pleasure, rich and lyrical, free of any pretentiousness and the lack of supporting characters doesn't diminish the experience, it only strengthens it. A lovely film.
2	febraro	90 _92nd
A great film on almost every regard. The one thing that stands out the most in Jules et Jim is its pace: Truffault manages to build a great story on the fast-going first half hour, and masterfully avoids losing it all on boring long scenes from then on. Nearly perfect.
2	Manhatta	91 _82nd
I have no idea how Truffaut made such a fun, heartwarming film out of such a bizarre, fucked up story. Truffaut at his most invigorated; some of the shots are so wild, they seem almost out-of-character to me.
2	Neonman	60 _15th
Starts off brilliantly and progressively gets worse until the laughably bad last line. These are three characters I don't want to get to know, nor spend time with.
2	anilscn	57 _57th
by Most overrated director of all time.
1	willofgaia	100 _98th
After Truffaut's beyond self-indulgent "Shoot The Piano Player" (Though that film is not at all a bad film, just incredibly self-indulgent) he matures and gives us Jules and Jim, an incredibly sensitive, intelligent and emotional film.
1	kafka1325	79 _96th
I really don't like heart of story, but that is mine consideration of that. But movie is very good and done nearly to perfect. Psychology of characters is great and that is the best of this edition....
1	mikeparasol	89 _85th
The first half hour is absolutely beautiful and compelling, but once they go on to war the relationships and actions of some of the characters become unrealistic and absurd.
1	aethewulf	79 _67th
an exquisite screenplay has ruined by miscasting (espacially jeanne moreau) talented actors and imperfect editing..still good film.
1	Farzan	92 _92nd
Really good film. The development of the characters was perfect. Great acting and excellent camera work, especially the freeze frames.
1	caiman	90 _92nd
Great style, great acting, great characters, great music, and a story I cared about. This really stands out from the other New Wave films I've seen in that the style seems to take a backseat to the emotional substance of the story. I've enjoyed the Godard films I've seen, but it's Truffaut that seems better able to connect with me on a deeper level and make me truly care about what I'm seeing. This definitely makes me want to watch more Truffaut.
1	rthornhill	79 _20th
Comment dites-vous........... overrated.
1	Jeb	99 _95th
Truffaut is a god in human form.
1	Puya	90 _90th
a beautiful movie although not as good as I expected
1	graveyardtan	95 _93rd
I never fell in love with Jeanne Moreau as a viewer the way the titular characters did, could never romanticize her dangerous vivacity, and that may be the only real flaw of the film. The rest, the dialog (especially the beautiful narration), the acting, the cinematography, is fantastic.
1	QVT	100 _99th
Some of the stuff towards the end especially the gun is a bit dicey, the war scene is not to my taste, but Moreau pulling the clothes down and going to her bike would have gotten the film a 100 no matter what happened. It could have come from Lolita.
1	yesistasty	88 _64th
The first act is electrifying, rendering so much of the next fifty years of film derivative. After the film settled down into the love triangle narrative, it lost a bit of that energy.
1	Bown	92 _95th
Both wonderfully whimsical and heartbreakingly touching.
1	Judo Koala	76 _61st
Insightful look at the cuckoldry scene and what's it actually like to date a girl with BPD.
1	deaddilly	85 _84th
Excellent. The most elegant portrayal of a psycho-bitch of all time.
1	Rufam	70 _57th
"Jules et Jim" isn't terribly profound but it's a charming and influential trifle. Combining a relaxed wit reminiscent of silent cinema and quirkiness that would inspire an entire league of hipster filmmakers (see Wes Anderson), it moves along enjoyably, if not always eschewing New Wave-ish babbling. And even when the plot meanders or the script gives in to melodramatics, Truffaut's inspired camera and the likable protagonistic trio pull the film back to a state of affable whimsicality.
1	Noblet	92 _96th
The warm, complex relationship between the three characters was a pleasure to watch. One of the best examples of romance in cinema that I've seen. The editing and direction is outstanding, Truffaut really impressed me here. The music is terrific as well. When the movie ended, I felt a little cold. But when I think about it there are so many great moments.
1	Noam Raz	40 _28th
Tiresome experience filled with moments of joy and beauty. If there were three men, instead of two and a woman, a required camp value would have been added.
1	ratedargh	90 _85th
Complicated look at relationships. It runs the gamut of hot and cold; kind and cruel; love and hate. I think describing Catherine as 'impulsive' is a bit too slight. She is a deeply complex character who feels so real it hurts.
1	mattorama12	76 _80th
In the first half, this felt like a masterpiece. The characters and the filmmaking were so delightful. I struggled a bit with the second half, particularly how much it starts to feel like a woman-ruins-everything-story and the ending felt unearned.
1	emupie	83 _21st
Interesting cinematography, but I found the dialogue to be somewhat tiresome and none of the characters to be especially engaging. Really wish it wouldn't have ended with an act from a "crazy jealous woman".
1	jenner1407	78 _37th
French Manic Pixie Dreamgirl Alert! And somehow even quirkier and more grating than her American counterparts! (Okay, I realize this is a classic, but STILL.)

Average Percentile 69.81% from 2333 Ratings