GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Chatverock Takes itself way too seriously

Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

martinlucas-469-207968 I've seen this movie three times and I'm sure that in a year or two I will get the DVD out again. This story of two lovers, Antoine and Mathilde, has a magical quality, a charm, wit, and innocence that draw the viewer in even though objectively the plot line is completely unrealistic. It's probably the sexiest film I've ever seen, even though there is no nudity and there are no sex scenes. Leconte perfectly captures the emotional power women can have over men and the joy of submitting to it.(By the way I didn't notice until the second viewing of this film that there are several clues that Antoine' s father was having an affair with the voluptuous hairdresser who Antoine became imprinted on as a child. This is finally confirmed for me by the brisk comment that his father promptly died of a heart attack when told his son was marrying a hairdresser. See what you think. ) The film is very French, you can't predict how the plot will evolve and along the way there are little comments on relationships, parenthood and the problem of explaining our existence. For me the most wonderful thing of all is the repeated theme of the North African music which Antoine dances to in a bizarre attempt to connect with sensuality and mystery. The final scene must be one of the most poignant moments in film history.

Glenn Mckenzie This is a strange little film. Intriguing to say the least. A man sees a woman he loves, she is a hairdresser, he then marries her hence Hairdresser's Husband. It is well shot and the strange part comes because he asks the hairdresser to marry him the first time he meets her.There is an intense love between them and this plays out to the end of the film. Not a huge amount happens in the film but it is just a beautiful little film to watch. If you watch it with a Hairdresser you love then this may pay dividends. You can ask her to marry you straight after the film because with this film love at first sight and marrying almost immediately is the only option.I can't really see this happening in reality to two people not so quick as this but when love shows it's beautiful face I suppose you just have to seize the moment. Great film!

mary cadney This movie made me feel righteous, and young again, as if I were in high school. It made me remember how much fun romantic love and theatre were when I first encountered them there. But then I remembered being warned by teachers about how love and theatre should be serious undertakings, because they were essentially dangerous. Even in my literature class, sexual morality was emphasized. Whenever a heroine was involved in passionate sex, two things seemed to happen. First, her lover left her. Second, she killed herself. Tolstoi's Anna Karenina, Flaubert's Madame Emma Bovary, Shakespeare's Juliet and Zola's Therese Racquin all killed themselves. But perhaps because of my stagecrew teacher, on the other hand, who joked a lot -- and was fond of Wagnerian music (don't ask me why) -- I was familiar with Brunhilde, who also killed herself. Her reason was religious, though. The other ladies couldn't bear living in social disgrace, but Brunhilde wanted Odin (her spiritual father) and the people who worshipped him to know that dying in love was as honorable as dying in battle. Patrice Leconte uses Brunhilde as a dramatic model in this movie, "The Hairdresser's Husband." Like the supernaturally powerful warrior Brunhilde, Leconte's hairdresser (Mathilde) wields a knife. "The point was sharp and true, a fearsome cutting blade," Wagner said. Mathilde kills herself differently than Wagner's Brunhilde did, but the meaning is the same. Mathilda throws herself into a surging river from a bridge, but surely this is meant to be symbolic because there is a bridge in France called "Brunhilde's bridge." Moralists will be completely confused by this movie, and selfish people will resent it. I loved it, and hope you do too.Mary Cadney, Oklahoma City

dbdumonteil SPOILERS. Patrice Leconte can keep a cool head. After only one year from his last film (the cold and dark "Monsieur Hire"), he made a film that is another type but it's as successful as the previous one. A little boy called Antoine discovers sensuality thanks to his hairdresser, mrs Schaeffer. He decides that when he is a grown-up, he wants to marry a hairdresser. His dream becomes a reality when he's meeting a hairdresser called Mathilde. Then, they are thrilled......This is this happiness that the movie wants especially to show and its effects on the main characters and the making: the time and the daily life are abolished, the sceneries remain neutral. Concerning the main characters, they love themselves, feel like staying eternally in their "immobile ship" and as Metallica said in one of their songs: "nothing else matters".Leconte also attaches importance on the hairdresser's customers: they are colourful, a bit odd and due to this they make the hairdressing salon unusual. The end is a little unexpected. You could expect to see Antoine depressed and miserable but not all! Maybe he is lost in his happiness. All in all, a sensitive and delicate film very well performed.Note: this movie won the Louis Delluc price in 1990 equal with "le petit criminel" by Jacques Doillon.