Lightdeossk Captivating movie !

Spoonatects Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

alamosa moviereview This is a budget brainless waste of time. DeNeuve always plays the same type character a sort of perpetual flower child meandering about she finds the meaning of life.Unfortunately the somewhat chunky Ms. DeNeuve is now in her late 60s and looks every year of it. Malheureusement plastic surgeons have not figured out how to redo hands and undo years of pills and liquor. In this movie she is cast as a 60 year old chef who owns a restaurant with her mother....she is estranged from her daughter...and a nebulous unsatisfactory history of love affairs and marriage is hinted at--but she has floated through them and now finds herself unhappy. So she goes to get cigarettes and keeps driving in a road movie.While drunk she is picked up by a man in his 20s who while good looking is a complete imbecile--the first cartoonish overplayed character in this flic. Then she is corralled by her family via cell phone and picks up her road adventure companion--an obnoxious androgynous elf looking 11 year old grandson--a victim of estrangement who wants a family.There is a scene where she an ex-Miss Brittany is at a resort to make a photoshoot calendar with the other contestants in the Miss France contest of 1969. What a grotesque calendar--at some point you need to accept your age.All the leftie PC items are in the movie in fact is there a French movie without them? You know the token Black....a rude reference to Marine Le Pen...they are a constant background hum.Finally through the machinations of the elf she meets her end of life companion a handsome mayor of some small town and also the paternal grandfather of her grandson.This thing reeks of budget filming of just plain stupid writing so do yourself a big favor and avoid it.. EVITEZ! unless you a hell bent fan of Ms. DeNeuve manufactured image.

Jonathon Natsis Quintessentially French in almost every way, from the extended stare shots to an abundance of cigarette smoke and, of course, numerous mental breakdowns from a character vainly trying to find her place in the universe, Emmanuelle Bercot's (Backstage) road trip dramedy On My Way has all the stylings of a heartfelt foreign gem, but never fleshes out the very promising relationships forged by its cast, opting instead for mediocrity through melodrama.The inarguable highlight is the performance of Catherine Deneuve, one-time sex kitten turned French film royalty, who – still stunning in her late sixties – keeps the film rolling with her dedicated, complex portrayal of Bettie, an aimless restaurant owner who tries to stitch up her frayed relationship with daughter Muriel (singer-songwriter Camille) by taking her grandson, the flamboyant Charly (Nemo Schiffman) on a cross-country road trip.Like most car-buddy films, the reward lies in the journey, not the destination. On My Way runs into both peaks and troughs in this area, with some moments deftly illustrating the different worlds Bettie and her grandson come from (especially touching is the pair sharing terrible Chinese food in a two-star motel while discussing love and loss), while others leave you demanding Charly cop a smack around the head from his decidedly pushover grandma.When Bettie finally delivers Charly to the mansion of his estranged grandfather – now the mayor of a remote country village – the film's loose ends struggle to catch up to an ambitious ending that unfortunately closes on a whimper, not a bang. On My Way is a pleasant ride, sure, just not a memorable one. *There's nothing I love more than a bit of feedback, good or bad. So drop me a line on jnatsis@iprimus.com.au and let me know what you thought of my review. If you're looking for a writer for your movie website or other publication, I'd also love to hear from you.*

rkrogers1854 This movie takes a classic storyline and puts a new shine on it. Catherine Deneuve's ageless beauty and humanity shine through as she wanders unfamiliar country - geographically and emotionally - searching for herself and finding that and much more. Always important to success in film is putting together a cast that works, and this film is no exception. Where did they find the "farmer"? What a great side story, and it only added to the main theme. Gerard Garouste and Camille were particularly excellent in support. Some of the film's little side conflicts seemed too conveniently resolved; but they served to flesh out the relationships and that was really what caught my interest in the film anyway.

Paul Allaer "On My Way" (2013 release from France; 113 min.; original title "Elle S'en Va") brings the story of Bettie (played by Catherine Deneuve), a sixty-something widow who runs a small restaurant somewhere in Bretagne. Things are not well with Bettie: the restaurant is barely surviving, and her love life is in tatters. One afternoon, Bettie leaves the restaurant, on the pretense of getting some cigarettes, but instead Bettie hits the road. In a separate but parallel story line, Bettie's daughter Muriel, a single mom, has a job offer in faraway Brussels, and can Bettie pick up Charly, Muriel's 11 yr. old son, and take him to Charly's grandfather (on Charly's dad's side). Bettie reluctantly agrees. To tell you more of the plot would spoil your viewing experience, you'll just have to see for yourself how it all plays out.Couple of comments: first, this movie is written and directed by French actress/director Emmanuelle Bercot, specifically with Catherine Deneuve in mind for the role of Bettie. Second, I have seen many movies of Catherine Deneuve, and this is yet again a top notch acting performance. Hard to believe that she is 69 years when this was filmed! It comes as no surprise that this role netted her yet another, the umpteenth, nomination for Cezar Best Actress (the Oscar equivalent in France). But kudos as well to newcomer Nemo Schiffman who is outstanding as the 11 yr. old boy. Third, a good chunk of the movie plays out like a true road movie, French style of course. The movie takes us on the back roads of various regions in France, including of course Bretagne, but also the Loire region, and Haute-Savoie. Last but certainly not least, while there is a good amount of "family drama", the movie is also an ode to life in rural France that is becoming more and more out of reach or simply disappearing. Check out the long scene where the entire family is having dinner outside. So French! Bottom line: this movie is an unexpected pleasure which I enjoyed from start to finish. This movie showed up this weekend without any pre-release hype or advertising at my local art-house theater here in Cincinnati, and I figure this won't play long so I went to see it right away. The matinée screening where I saw this at today was better attended than I had expected. If you are in the mood for a top quality foreign movie that is miles away from your standard Hollywood fare, and where you get to watch one of the top actresses of this generation, by all means, don't miss this, be it in the theater or on DVD/Bly-ray. "Elle S'en Va" is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!