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Chéri (2009)
Director: Stephen Frears
Movie review
From Time Out Chicago
In some ways, you could look at Chéri as a gentler gloss on Frears’s Dangerous Liaisons. The source material is a less obviously sinister affair, a 1920 novel by Colette that explores the love between Pfeiffer’s aging courtesan and the young rake (Friend) she acclimates to social customs, before he’s forced to marry someone else. The romance is fascinating, prompting us to sigh at the conventions of a bygone age; of course, today, the love between a 25-year-old man and a woman twice his age would never fall afoul of social norms. But Pfeiffer’s performance and handsome cinematography can’t save the film from a sense of plodding inevitability.Author: Ben Kenigsberg
Time Out Chicago Issue 226: June 25–July 1, 2009
Cast & crew
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathy Bates, Rupert Friend, Felicity Kendal, Frances Tomelty, Iben Hjejle, Anita Pallenberg, Harriet Walter full cast
Genre(s): Drama
Rated: R
Duration: 100 mins
US Release: Jun 26 2009
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