7.2 | / 10 |
Users | 4.5 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.9 |
Alex and his sister run a business designed to break up relationships. They are hired by a rich man to break up the wedding of his daughter. The only problem is that they only have one week to do so.
Starring: Romain Duris, Vanessa Paradis, Julie Ferrier, François Damiens, Helena NoguerraRomance | 100% |
Foreign | 40% |
Comedy | 12% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.34:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
French: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region free
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 4.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Gallic director Pascal Chaumeil’s "L’arnacoeur" a.k.a "Heartbreaker" (2010) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Revolver Entertainment. The supplemental features on the disc include deleted scenes; outtakes; making of featrette; various cast and crew interviews; the film's original theatrical trailer; and more. In French, with imposed English subtitles for the main feature. Region-Free.
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Presented in an aspect ratio of 2.34:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Pascal Chaumeil's Heartbreaker arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Revolver Entertainment.
This is a strong high-definition transfer. Fine object detail is very good, clarity pleasing, and contrast levels consistent throughout the entire film. The color-scheme is just as impressive; the various yellows, blues, greens, browns, grays, and blacks look rich and well saturated but also natural. The panoramic vistas from Monte Carlo, and in particular the footage with the Ferrari, look absolutely fantastic. The close-ups are also quite pleasing, though during the final third of the film I noticed a few random soft spots popping up here and there. I also spotted mild edge-enhancement creeping in during the desert footage, and later on during the wedding ceremony. Overall, however, the image has very good organic qualities. For the the record, I did not see any annoying flecks, scratches, stains, or damage marks to report in this review. (Note: This is a Region-Free Blu-ray disc. Therefore, you will be able to play it on your PS3 or SA regardless of your geographical location. Please note that there are a couple of PAL commercials preceding the disc's main menu. None of them, however, are forced, thus you will be able to skip them without a problem).
There is only one audio track on this Blu-ray disc: French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (with small portions of English). For the record, Revolver Entertainment have provided imposed English subtitles for the main feature. They appear inside the image frame.
The French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track is very strong. The bass and rear channels are not overly active but there is a good range of nuanced dynamics that give the film quite a bit of flavor. The dialog is crisp, clean, stable, and exceptionally easy to follow. There are no balance issues with Klaus Badelt's soundtrack either. Lastly, I did not detect any pops, cracks, hissings, or audio dropouts to report in this review.
Note: All of the supplemental features on this Blu-ray disc are encoded in PAL. Therefore, if you reside in North America, or another region where PAL is not supported, you must have a Region-Free player capable of converting PAL to NTSC or a native Region-B player and a TV set capable of processing PAL-encoded data in order to access them.
Pascal Chaumeil's Heartbreaker is the perfect film to see on a lazy Sunday afternoon - it is charming and unpretentious. I enjoyed it quite a lot. Perhaps because for a couple of hours the footage from sunny Monte Carlo made me forget the cold and gray winter. The Blu-ray disc herein reviewed, courtesy of British distributors Revolver Entertainment, looks and sounds very good. It is also Region-Free. RECOMMENDED.
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