29 out of 29 people found the following review helpful:

Paris and love. What more do you want?

DahliaTravers from , 17th September, 2009

Cheri is a beautiful film, with beautiful performances by Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Friend, beautiful locations which take one's breath away and gorgeous clothes and gorgeous hats! It is a curiously underrated film which has probably the best performance Michelle Pfeiffer has ever given notwithstanding Dangerous Liaisons. She is an ageing courtesan in the Paris of the Belle Epoque which, in fact, lasted from the late 1800s to the outbreak of WW1. He is Fred, the son of one of her 'friends' (also a former courtesan) and he calls her by the French nickname for 'auntie'. Her nickname for him is 'Cheri'. When he is 19 and she is approaching 50, they fall in love. They stay together for six years until he is forced by his mother to marry a young girl (the daughter of a courtesan) who has a fortune. The most moving part of the film deals with the consequences of 'Cheri's' marriage. If you are a romantic you must see this film. If you love gorgeous 19th century costumes and hats you must see this film. If you are a straight man you should see this film because of the superb vintage cars and the supremely elegant steam train (the French version of the Orient Express). If you are gay you must see this film because of Rupert Friend. If you love Paris and love historical romances you should see this film. If you like escapism you should see this film. Don't miss it.

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4 out of 5 people found the following review helpful:

Average

A Customer from Warrington, 27th October, 2009

At some point I was bored, but at the end I didn't waste that much time of my life watching this film

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3 out of 3 people found the following review helpful:

Pretentious rubbish

A Customer from London, 26th November, 2009

See above - says it all. Shame about the waste of time and excellent actors.

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1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Underwhelming

A Customer from Milton Keynes, 10th January, 2010

I love period dramas and was looking forward to seeing this but I was very disappointed and got bored toward the end. The story felt flat and the only bright points for me were the costumes and the scene settings. If your someone who likes the period/costume genre then The Age of Innocence is a much better choice

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My Cheri Amour

veacock from , 14th March, 2010

Well acted great sets Ok screenplay but somehow left me a touch short . It was probably the thin storyline with very little filler . Made expensively for TV is how I would probably sum this up . One for the other half .

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Bland and awfully pretentious!

A Customer from Beddington, 12th March, 2010

This is not the best from Colette. I personally couldn't have cared less about the characters or story, and couldn't wait for the credits to roll.This movie was very bland to watch.

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*** May contain spoilers ***

Enjoyable-ish

hannahx200 from , 10th February, 2010

To be honest 10 mins in I was tempted to turn it off as I understood the plot to be an older woman seducing a young man and was very confused when 10 mins in they were both in bed together! But a quick google on the plot and it seemed it had places to go and I was interested again. Not the best film, but not the worst. Worth a watch, many pretty things to look at as well.

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better than expected

rpopper65 from , 5th February, 2010

First of all, Michele Pfeiffer is awesome, amazing, beautiful, stunning, incredible, magnificent. Okay, now that we have that out of the way, let's look at the rest of the film. A light-hearted costume drama with serious undertones, it would make a brilliant double-feature with Dangerous Liaisons. It is romantic, sexy, poignant and touching. The male lead handles his role superbly and provides terrific counter-point to Michele Pfeiffer's character. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

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