“Eiffel” Review!

“Eiffel” Review!

Director: Martin Bourboulon

Cast: Romain Duris, Emma Mackey, Pierre Deladonchamps

Director Martin Bourboulin's "Eiffel" is an attempt at historical correction, starring Romain Duris as Gustave Eiffel, the man responsible for one of the world's most famous landmarks, and Emma McKay as his love interest, Adrienne Burgess. As it is, you will soon forgive. And forget the pointless idea. That's when the clichéd period romance formula works its enchanting magic.

Our story begins in Eiffel, shortly after successfully participating in the design and construction of the Statue of Liberty, the French government now wants to design a similar structure for the 1889 Paris World Fair. With his unbuttoned shirts and dashing appearance, it quickly becomes clear that we're not about to spend two hours navigating the exciting waters of civil engineering. Actress Emma McKay plays a young bourgeois woman who uses her bilingual skills to resurface after an old love inspires her new project in the life of Eiffel.

Never before has so much fascination been mined from the landscape associated with the construction of the monument. When our two characters first close their eyes, they sit around a candle-lit table, engineer Adrienne's bejeweled décolletage. "We should be braver," she says in a whisper of libido. They discuss the function of the iron lattice. "It must be completely metal," he replied, clearly irritated by her remarks. Luckily, our two leads have chemistry. Despite some odd temporary panic, it's fun to watch Duris and Mackie engage in a healthy dose of body-snapping bodice-ripping—the single funniest scene in this nearly two-hour film.

Eiffel encountered the usual problems in his quest to build this 330 meter structure. Their workers may go on strike! It will start a nasty relationship! These days the original Eiffel Tower is visited by American tourists and vendors selling plastic keyrings, where Paris is colorless and nostalgic; The general atmosphere of this Belle Epoque setting seems lacking from a production design standpoint. In fact, visually, Eiffel recalls another bad, Paris-set biopic, where poorly lit interiors, formulaic plots and common sense prevail at what point.

"Eiffel" is not the grand, awe-inspiring, romantic epic we hopes for. But the way it sets its story apart, and how it approaches the basics of time and reality with a dispassionate Gallic shoulder, makes it easy to enjoy the film's basic pleasures.