The fast approach romance, fades away slowly. I knew it was a romance film, but totally unexpected what I just saw. It was different, that's all, other than that there are many similar films that were already made. The film's focus was not the characters, but the phases and the pace of a romance. The love at the beginning and the same love at some time in the latter. The differences what the film highlights. But it's impossible without the characters and their perspectives. So, from the beginning to the end, how a romance can evolve, how it influences other around, all the fun, crazy stuffs, is the film. The film was partially inspired by the director's own married life. Nice casting and performances. I felt like there was no depth in narration. Depth means, you can't understand the characters fully. Everything it lets you know are the events from where the film begins. So basically it is all about the romance and nothing else. Not even their professions, or the friends and any side incidents, except those topics were used in places in a small quantity to fill the void and make a clean flow of the story. The whole two hours is like about an insane romance. Again, that part divides into two, the first half of the film and the next half. In the first half, it's all about the initiation. Girl meets boy, instantly fall in love with each other and do crazy things to build the character. It seems like any romantic film, but it all necessarily designed to manage what follows in the later part. Apart from the two who are well positioned from their professional level, it looked kind of like a rich guy meets an economically average girl. Then entering his world, and beginning to taste the royal lifestyle, as well as a sweet romance. The story was mainly told from the woman's perspective. The narration had double layer, going back and returning to present, the two timeline story was revealed to us. ?I prefer not to be in love and not get hurt.? The woman seems intentionally met with an accident in the opening, and she begins to remember her recent past. Her unexpected crazy romance with a rich playboy. While recovering from the knee injury, she makes some friends and they all help each other to come out of their struggle. On the other side of the narration, revealed everything she went through. Not just a happy love story, but struggles over the time pass by. Having a child, being parents, the life drastically changes for both of them. Yet their love and care for each other remains somewhere in the deep of their hearts. Then there is a life, every moment is unpredictable. So how it ends was not that I surprised, because of its realistic. At one point, I thought it could be the French 'The Notebook'. It did not have emotional end. I'm not saying about sad or happy ending, but the film was honest to the real world. How the second half turned out was the excellent twist in the narration, but done with slowly. This was about the people in their late 30s or 40s. That makes the film is mainly for middled aged people. Otherwise, if the characters and their generation were brought down to like the 20s, the film would have been totally another level. And would have had a more target audience. That's what most of the Hollywood films focus on these days. The same film in Hollywood would have been one of the frontrunner for the Oscars. The performances were really great. Particularly Emmanuelle Bercot was awesome. As usual, Vincent Cassel showed his class, proved why he's one of the top stars in France. I thought two hours was a bit long, but the writing was good, they had filled the film nicely with the events that helped further to grow stronger in the following scenes. Despite I consider it a nice film, I don't think everybody would enjoy. They might like it at the end, enjoy watching is not that comes along. Because it is not an entertainment film, nor an art. As I said before, realistic about the relationship and its maturity in the modern world. The other options for the relationship, despite putting all the efforts to save it like people did in the previous century. So, all I say is choose it wisely. 7/10

It's like they're filming their very difficult relationship as therapy and you're paying to watch it.

Mon Roi [Maïwenn, 2016] With a narrative so hard to withstand, the riveting performances of Bercot and Cassel made this a must watch. 8/10

"Mon Roi", la película de la actriz y directora Maïwenn, luego de su estremecedora "Polisse", es un trabajo que disecciona la relación de una pareja conformada por Tony (una abogada) y Giorgio (un chef). A partir de un accidente de esquí que lesiona la rodilla de Tony, se nos cuenta por medio de flashbacks, el encuentro, el enamoramiento y la separación de la pareja. Emmanuelle Bercot es sublime interpretando a Tony, una mujer insegura e introvertida que guarda sus frustraciones y dolor como una olla de presión a punto de estallar. Y Vincent Cassel es perfecto como Giorgio, un completo hijo de puta producto del machismo, ególatra y manipulador, que piensa e impone primero sus necesidades antes que las de su pareja. "Mon Roi" es una historia de amor dura, compleja y que no teme mostrar los defectos y cualidades de la pareja protagonista (por algo se enamoraron y por algo se separaron). Es todo un triunfo actoral y de dirección.

"Mon Roi", la película de la actriz y directora Maïwenn, luego de su estremecedora "Polisse", es un trabajo que disecciona la relación de una pareja conformada por Tony (una abogada) y Giorgio (un chef). A partir de un accidente de esquí que lesiona la rodilla de Tony, se nos cuenta por medio de flashbacks, el encuentro, el enamoramiento y la separación de la pareja. Emmanuelle Bercot es sublime interpretando a Tony, una mujer insegura e introvertida que guarda sus frustraciones y dolor como una olla de presión a punto de estallar. Y Vincent Cassel es perfecto como Giorgio, un completo hijo de puta producto del machismo, ególatra y manipulador, que piensa e impone primero sus necesidades antes que las de su pareja. "Mon Roi" es una historia de amor dura, compleja y que no teme mostrar los defectos y cualidades de la pareja protagonista (por algo se enamoraron y por algo se separaron). Es todo un triunfo actoral y de dirección.

Emotionally ravaging depiction of a certain type of relationship - easy to judge on the outside but difficult to shy away from when you're in it. Bercot and Cassel are extraordinary with Bercot giving a devastating lead performance as a woman intent to break free but bound by love. With shades of Breillat's Abuse of Weakness and Cianfrance's Blue Valentine, Maiwann has crafted a film of such emotional intensity through the prism of a flawed and often contradictory protagonist.

This was a VERY interesting and well-done film. The trailer doesn't do it justice.

anti feminist indeed ,but i loved the dynamic love !

Drama Romántico muy Efectivo por las Grandes Actuaciones de sus 2 Protagonistas

Powerful interpretations, rich roles and an acute and painful perspective on destructive relationships. Amazing.

Varilux Film Festival (Mon roi)

Beautiful cinematography, in keeping with the rich beautiful characters. As a divorced person, I could see what they were driving for, but it didn't work for me. Both starring actors are very beautiful but not in a conventional way so they were interesting to watch. The jerkiness of the husband and the weepiness of the wife were grating as the movie continued. Why wasn't the child allowed to ride the pony? Why didn't the debt collecting lawyers begin with the husband's pied a terre? Many unanswered questions, but at least it displayed the discreet charm of the bourgeoisie.

Luc Besson's wife put out this interesting little love story -- though first it was corny and seemed like a typical love story, but half way through you begin to realize what Maiwenn's really after -- telling a story as we all lived it, through the ups and downs, the extreme heardaches and self-destructive behaviors, and eventually arriving at the realization... well, you're just going to have to watch the movie to see how it all worked out -- excellent ending.

A frightening view if how charming people can be the most abusive.

The film's title is despicably anti-feminist, and should be instead what the husband calls himself at the beginning: Le Roi Des Cons. If you want to spend your precious hours, and your hard-earned money, remembering to add your income tax to that, by watching the idiocy, selfishness, suffering and cupidity of a set of bourgeois, who have the luxury of this cruel lifestyle, then this is the film for you. From the vacant wife, to the ostentatious depiction of the parent-child relationship, to the bastardry of the husband whom everyone must tolerate, there is little here that creates any sympathy for these people. Clothed in feminist appearances, this film is actually deeply conservative, and an unrelenting advertisement for the patriarchal, nuclear family. In case you thought the film would be serious drama, it also includes the obligatory product placement of French gastronomy, as well as plenty of stupid licentiousness for the voyeurs. It adopts the pseudo-shakespearean device, of trying to relieve the tedium of the marriage of the principal characters, by using for a bit of local flavour and a tokenistic nod to non-Parisian France, playful scenes with a group of happy, kind, generous, mixed race, working class and provincial boys, whom it then goes on to insult by implying that they are less intelligent than the disaster-prone wife. The film is an attempt to depict realistically a troubled marriage, but because it is more concerned with style and sensation than with substance, it is a poke in the eye to anyone who is actually in such a situation, particularly the trite ending. One star - this is in recognition of the pony that was abused and humiliated by the hideous clod of a husband, in the kind of scene that filmmakers should never demand, that animal handlers should not permit, and that actors should in any event refuse to play. This is a film only to be endured, and more than one in the audience simply got up and left early: the self-satisfied, banal face of French style.

A charming little heartbreaker of a movie. Fast-paced rom-com with regular doses of tragedy. Great chemistry between the leads. A story about a relationship that alternates quickly between fantasy and sadness. Wish there was less sadness, as the movie feels a little heavy at times.

Emmanuelle Bercot is the reason to watch this film. Her and an unapologetic love story that suggests the side effects are less painful than not going through anything at all.

Already watched it and much appreciated.

Some long and very boring story about relationship. But there is something in it. Too complicated maybe, but drives you to think.

Fair, although a bit too long. Emmanuelle Bercot was crowned 2015's Best Actress in Cannes by this film, she's good but still kinda overacted in certain scenes.