Friday, April 5, 2013

Declaration of War

This movie was recommended by Jan.  Awesome!  Is french language with subtitles.  Romeo meets Juliet (that's the character's names).  They have a beautiful baby and deal with his extremely serious medical condition with bravery, humor and love without one sappy moment that you would expect from a dying/seriously ill child movie. 

Romeo and Juliet are not perfect in any way, but come close to seeming like perfect parents. Even their escapism moments of partying and riding motorcycles feels more like survival than selfishness. The actors who play the young couple are beautiful and expressive and you can see the story in their faces and body language.  By the way, this is based on the movie maker's true story.

Love the wonderful hodgepodge of quirky family and friends who are totally there for Romeo Juliet and beautiful baby.

The movie has a surprise (to me) happy ending and sad ending.  Loved it!  See it!

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