ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Sabah Hensley This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

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.

Meggyesi Balint This is completely a waste of time. Not even sentimental but obviously bad. Gitsch, cliché in a very bad interpretation! The Schauspielerin is a catastrophe, the french film culture's shame, at least choose an other language! Ohh! Why did i watched it?! This is completely a waste of time. Not even sentimental but obviously bad. Gitsch, cliché in a very bad interpretation! The Schauspielerin is a catastrophe, the french film culture's shame, at least choose an other language! Ohh! Why did i watched it?! This is completely a waste of time. Not even sentimental but obviously bad. Gitsch, cliché in a very bad interpretation! The Schauspielerin is a catastrophe, the french film culture's shame, at least choose an other language! Ohh! Why did i watched it?! This is completely a waste of time. Not even sentimental but obviously bad. Gitsch, cliché in a very bad interpretation! The Schauspielerin is a catastrophe, the french film culture's shame, at least choose an other language! Ohh! Why did i watched it?! This is completely a waste of time. Not even sentimental but obviously bad. Gitsch, cliché in a very bad interpretation! The Schauspielerin is a catastrophe, the french film culture's shame, at least choose an other language! Ohh! Why did i watched it?!

M A This movie is about the director's scepticism about monogamy, fidelity and last but not least, marriage.I believe the message Ozon is trying to get across through this movie is right in the conversation about relationships among the 2 pair of couples in the 2nd scene, and I think his belief was projected in what was said by the young boyfriend of the gay brother of Gilles, which in essence is that for some people, to settle for one person for his/her entire life is against human nature and disaster will be doomed to ensue.In my view, Gilles should not have got married at all and should probably remain single for his life. And Marion was obviously too untamed and not ready for marriage let alone raising a kid. A nice movie which features a few very beautiful scenes, the sharp contrast between the romantic dance of Marion's parents and Marion's immediate unfaithful adultery, the complicated emotions of a recently divorced couple trying to have sex which turned somewhat into a horrific "rape" which was somewhat "consented" by the woman's apparently reluctant submission, the dance between Marion, Gilles's brother and his boyfriend while Gilles was left alone in the sofa watching them. The music was first-rate and made the movie a soothing experience.

FilmCriticLalitRao A French film cannot be called a "French Film" unless it does not contain all essential elements of French culture.These elements include love,sex,marriage,divorce etc.Five times two is a complete French film as it has included all of these indispensable elements in its narrative structure.This film has to be appreciated by all those who feel that French cinema has a significant air of intellectualism. By making a poetic film about 5 memorable moments of a happy couple's life,talented French cinéaste François Ozon has given us a glimpse of how emotional matters are handled by French people.Five times two can also be termed as a modern European/French film whose success rests on its actors.A mention must be made of two leading actors Stéphane Freiss and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi who make valiant attempts in the film to be true to each other.They exhibit ferocity in all of their actions whether it concerns their bitterness or sexuality.A film like this one is made with great intuition.It is for serious viewers to appreciate the efforts of the filmmaker.A good viewer will not be disappointed when he/she watches this film.

ferbs54 A film that suggests a cross between Bergmans's gut-wrenching "Scenes From a Marriage" (1973) and Stanley Donen's more lighthearted "Two For the Road" (1967), mixed in a bit with that backwards "Seinfeld" episode, "5X2" (2005) is a very fine adult drama from director Francois Ozon. As the title suggests, it is comprised of five short glimpses at the doomed relationship of a handsome professional couple, Marion (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi) and Gilles (Stephane Freiss). As in "Two For the Road," we see unchronological snapshots of this couple's failing marriage, but unlike the '67 film, rather than being given scattershot scenes from various periods, here we proceed continuously backward in time: from the divorce settlement and its rather icky aftermath, backward to one of the couple's dinner parties, back still to the birth of their premature son, on to their wedding party (and a most unusual wedding night, to put it mildly), and all the way back to one of their first meetings. Our foreknowledge that the couple's marriage is doomed makes the cracks in Marion and Gilles' relationship stand out all the clearer. Consequently, the pretty, upbeat ending is rendered bittersweet at best, with our preglimpse of what their future holds. "5X2" has been finely put together and features sterling acting down to the smallest bit players. It was especially great for me seeing that grand old actor, Michael Lonsdale (who will always be Hugo Drax for us Bond fanatics), still acting at age 74, here playing Marion's father. My only complaint, really, concerning "5X2" is that it is a bit on the short and sketchy side; perhaps a few extra scenes would have enabled us to more fully understand the characters' motivations, particularly Gilles' (and especially his no-show at his son's birth). This, for me, is the only thing that prevents "5X2" from being a perfect 10.