Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Juana what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Shadman Sadik The movie has a particular mood which is carried out with perfect acting. A man came down from a train and visiting a town which is not lively. Of course, he has a motive to be there. In a way, he met a man who is a teacher and they became friends. The plot is about their lives. They want different lives and bored of their present lives. The plot is interesting and the music made the situation pretty deep.A perfect cast and recommended for the movie enthusiast.

hou-3 I am very fond of this movie, which I have watched several times. It is exceptionally well made, with not a single scene that does not work. It is funny, wise, droll and sensitive. Acting and direction are impeccable. It is not a great film, in fact the very idea of greatness is at odds with the elegiac tone and message. But it is a deeply satisfying one, and watching it is a bit like wallowing in a warm bath with a single malt and Chopin playing, preferably the same Chopin as in the film. The film is not flawless. The plot premise is totally incredible and the ending doesn't work, but what the heck. Roger Ebert has a very good review of it.

museumofdave Two older men towards the end of their lives, meet, become friends of a sort, and part. Not the usual cheerer-upper for the Multiplex, but a thoughtful, intimate and often strange film from quirky director Patrice Lecomte; many of the reviews you may read use the word melancholy, and it is that--but in its careful observation of the habits and haunts of these men, it is also quietly funny, from the obvious parody of Spaghetti Westerns transferred to a moribund French village, to the purveyor of baguettes who always queries if " there be anything else?"Man On The Train is a film about friendship, about the value we put on our lives, about last minute regrets, about a lot more than the sound of the train on tracks that frequently haunts the film, mixing with a muted, mysterious soundtrack. Like Lecomte's quietly observant and haunting "The Hairdresser's Husband," this is an oddity whose difference makes it memorable viewing.

raymond-15 This is the story of Manesquier a retired professor who still does a little teaching of poetry. Nothing in his house has been changed since his mother died 30 years ago. He lives quietly with his books, his piano and his dreams of what could have been.We are all made up of two parts....we are what we are and we are what we would like to be. Manesquier is like that. He leaves his doors unlocked so that his alter ego can enter unannounced. This is Milan whom he finds so fascinating, so exciting, living a life so unlike his own lonely existence. Milan is a thief, a bank robber, a man of action, quick on the draw...but talks little.In my opinion Milan does not exist as a person but only in the mind of Manesquier. All of the scenes in which Milan appears are in Manesquier's imagination. Viviane too is a part of his memories.The final scenes of the hospital operating theatre cutting to and from the bank robbers in action are a dramatic but bewildering conclusion. Once again my explanation is that the only real happening is what is taking place in the hospital. Manesquier always wanted to be a part of the excitement of a robbery and so he imagines under anaesthesia what it would be like with all the noisy shooting and Milan (the other part of him) dying on the steps. Anaesthesia and his failing heart are playing tricks on his mind. The nurse responds to his murmurs and he pulls through the operation.The throwing of the keys to Milan across the street is purely a symbolic action indicating perhaps that after all these years he is turning his back on the house with all its sad memories and is looking forward to a new and different future. In the closing scene we see him in the train pensively moving on.The script and acting are brilliant. I also like the sound effects of the speeding train and the music. I'm not sure why the streets are so empty. They emphasize that life is pretty boring in that part of the world where nothing ever really happens...