Days of Darkness
Days of Darkness
| 26 September 2007 (USA)
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Jean-Marc is a man without qualities living in times that are out of joint. His wife and children ignore him; he's a mid-level government functionary in Montreal doing his job without care. He has an active imagination of sexual conquest, but his only real feelings come when he visits his aged mother, whose health is failing. When his wife leaves abruptly to work in Toronto, Jean-Marc sets out to reorder things with his daughters, his social life, and at work. In a world that at best is a farce, does he stand a chance?

Reviews
Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good
KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
batbhai It is depressive, melancholic, and boring. I watched the trailer and I was so happy. But I never thought the movie would be a waste of time. I wonder how it got nominated numerous awards. Thank goodness, it didn't win any but for Best Make-up, which I agree.I am giving it 4/10 just Diane Kruger. Yes, she is so hot, sexy and steamy!
lamegabyte Well, it's with the « Benjamin Gates » movies that I started to look for Kruger. I like her German blonde and angular features very close to Briana Banks (#19) and for sure, her amazing, incredible, curvy and firm ASSet ! Here, you just have to watch this shower scene to find a perfect proof: you can just marvel to see her totally nude like that, her fantastic fleshy and round ass, her perky tits and the way she kisses her partner between her hands ! However, she failed miserably to enter my list of #96 pets because she never proves me she is really engaging: she seems always sad, distant, hard to have fun with, totally serious and very cold. She doesn't seem to be caring, tender for her partner and that's surely a total turn-off for me however amazing her appearance and sex appeal can be!!!
kluseba This movie is well described with one word: "depression". The whole atmosphere of the film is just depressive, melancholic, sadistic, boring and senseless. Everything is grey, everyone is unhappy, everything is going wrong. Concerning the atmosphere, the director and main actor did a great job, without any doubt, but who wants to see a movie that shows just a negative sense of the life and a pseudo-critical family or society portrait? You have not any fun by watching this movie, but if you want to feel down and depressive, go for it, but watch it alone, because it could destroy the atmosphere of a movie night with some friends.
sharkies69 Saw this recently at the Canadian film festival.I was expecting to be let down by this film (as Arcand set the bar very high with his previous films. However I was pleasantly surprised and found this to be very, very entertaining.With the opening shower scene and the fact that his wife is a real estate agent there are obvious comparisons to American Beauty.Ulimately I think Arcand covers more ground in his film and you can't help but laugh at his very dark and also very accurate observations on modern life in a big city.From ridiculous government bureaucracy to disconnection through mobile phones and MP3 players, speed dating and relationships in general Arcand is dead on.I guess the only thing I didn't quite agree with was the notion of moving to the country house away from the city and it's craziness and everything will be just fine.I guess it is ultimately sad that this is a pretty accurate depiction of modern society in many western countries right now. The level of disconnection among people is both sad and and frustrating.But I loved the honesty in the film and found it extremely entertaining and much funnier than his other films.