Amazon.com: An emotionally subtle film with some surprisingly graphic sex, Come Undone follows 18-year-old Mathieu (Jeremie Elkaim) as he goes on holiday with his depressed mother, her cranky caretaker, and Mathieu's resentful younger sister. At the beach, Mathieu meets Cédric (Stéphane Rideau), a handsome teenager with whom he begins a romance after a kiss in the moonlight. Their relationship is threatened by Mathieu's fears of how his family will react and by a violent former lover of Cédric's, but ultimately is brought to an end by something else entirely. Come Undone shifts fluidly back and forth in time and can be confusing, but by the end it's an affecting portrait of both love and melancholy. Some will find the movie worth seeing just for the many shots of the extremely attractive naked actors romping on the beach. --Bret Fetzer
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Rating: - Come Undone is most Introspective
I'd say that if all the complicated pieces of the gay lifestyle and society's opinions of it were peeled away, this movie represents what is typically found in a few different cases of boys facing their coming of age as homosexuals. It is simple and focused with symbolism and metaphor...and the fact that it takes place at the beach is extremely helpful in order to relax the mind into a heightened sense of the situation at hand.
Whether a man is inclined towards his family or not...whether he can nurture other living things or simply coach them at the gym or rile at a party, these ... Read More
Rating: - Artieee eye candy, that's what it is!
I love "Wild Reeds" so much that I got this DVD as well because of the same actor, Stephane Rideau(Cedric). The first thing that I realized was the other guy, Jeremie Elkaim(Mathieu) was a much better looking guy than the way he looked on the cover. Then they met on the beach and Cedric stalked Mathieu. I thought it could be a better way. The darkess, low keyness and slow pace of this film did not bother me much as I like slow developing artie films. However, this movie is lacking too many things even Though I like films with a subtle taste. And the back & forth structure is definitey confusing ... Read More
Rating: - Did I See A Different Movie?
When I read though two dozen or so of the reviews of "Come Undone," I wondered if I had seen the same film as practically everyone else. Maybe I was just having a bad night or I missed something major while reading the subtitles. I found the film slow, at times confusing and difficult to follow. Much of it is shot in almost total darkness.
On a positive note, the two main characters (Jeremie Elkaim as Mathieu and Stephane Rideau as Cedric) are attractive and have a believable chemistry between them. The music is quite beautiful and there are some engaging beach scenes. A story about first ... Read More
Rating: - Existential anxiety and a first love
'Come Undone' is a special film which puts together the coming together of two young men as lovers, with the inescapable trajectories of their own family histories. Sometimes sex and even love are not enough to overcome the fact that one's family is disintegrating, and you have lost your way in terms of working out a future. Stephane Rideau is as marvellous as he was in 'Wild Reeds' (surely that film needs re-release on DVD). 'Come Undone' has high production values and is intellectually challenging as the audience tries to work out what leads to the suicide attempt. At the same time there are great and ... Read More
Rating: - Wonderful but lacks specific chronology
It was only after the 2nd viewing that I came to realize how much I really loved this film. It essentially has 3 timelines and they all interchange, with no real defining of when the timeline has shifted. It takes a couple of minutes before you realize that you're looking at Mathieu dealing with depression, looking at Mathieu on the beach with Cedric, or looking at Mathieu getting to the point of dealing with his depression. You must pay attention or else you'll be confused. After getting used to the format, I was able to enjoy it much more, especially the 2nd time through.
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