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Come Undone | 
 enlarge | Director: Sébastien Lifshitz
Actors: Jérémie Elkaïm, Stéphane Rideau, Dominique Reymond, Marie Matheron, Laetitia Legrix
Studio: Picture This
Category: DVD
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Rating:  81 reviews
Sales Rank: 40302
Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: French (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 98 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 3572
ISBN: 1893410293
UPC: 667443513148
EAN: 9781893410299
ASIN: B00005RRJI
Theatrical Release Date: 2000
Release Date: January 8, 2002
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An emotionally subtle film with some surprisingly graphic sex, Come Undone follows 18-year-old Mathieu (Jeremie Elkaim) as he goes on holiday with his depressed mother, her cranky caretaker, and Mathieu's resentful younger sister. At the beach, Mathieu meets Cédric (Stéphane Rideau), a handsome teenager with whom he begins a romance after a kiss in the moonlight. Their relationship is threatened by Mathieu's fears of how his family will react and by a violent former lover of Cédric's, but ultimately is brought to an end by something else entirely. Come Undone shifts fluidly back and forth in time and can be confusing, but by the end it's an affecting portrait of both love and melancholy. Some will find the movie worth seeing just for the many shots of the extremely attractive naked actors romping on the beach. --Bret Fetzer
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 Come Undone is most Introspective September 4, 2008
J Sol
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'd say that if all the complicated pieces of the gay lifestyle and society's opinions of it were peeled away, this movie represents what is typically found in a few different cases of boys facing their coming of age as homosexuals. It is simple and focused with symbolism and metaphor...and the fact that it takes place at the beach is extremely helpful in order to relax the mind into a heightened sense of the situation at hand.
Whether a man is inclined towards his family or not...whether he can nurture other living things or simply coach them at the gym or rile at a party, these are the different types of men that attract one another for various reasons. It isn't suprising how and why we (gays and straights) ultimately find the one we are looking for...and this movie shows you a newbie in his early transitions and learning experiences that will provide him answers to begin the next chapters of his life.
Artieee eye candy, that's what it is! March 30, 2008
blue (NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love "Wild Reeds" so much that I got this DVD as well because of the same actor, Stephane Rideau(Cedric). The first thing that I realized was the other guy, Jeremie Elkaim(Mathieu) was a much better looking guy than the way he looked on the cover. Then they met on the beach and Cedric stalked Mathieu. I thought it could be a better way. The darkess, low keyness and slow pace of this film did not bother me much as I like slow developing artie films. However, this movie is lacking too many things even Though I like films with a subtle taste. And the back & forth structure is definitey confusing especially because we are not informed about what exactly happened between the past and the presence. Then the character development of Cedric is almost none existing, he is just a cute dumb beefcake. He has a dark past, but we really cannot tell if he has any sort of emotional struggle about it and how it effects him. Speaking of emotional struggle, we can not tell if they have any of those things between them either, except a few of little cute fights. Some previous poster pointed out the scene of the ruin and stated that it explained how different they were. Mathieu was intellectualy interested in the ruin and Cedric did not care about it and he just wanted to have a physical fun. But I do not think that was enough and also it was quite silly to me. Why did Mathieu have to refuse Cedric's affection because he was intellectual or he was not in the mood for that? I would not if I love someone so much. If he could not accept his lover's affection, I wanted to know more about why. And other characters, Mathieu's depressed mother, her care taker and his jealous sister, I thought they would interrupt boys' relationship in some unplesant way, but nothing like that happened besides mother was concerned about her son's future. Then the biggest "Huh" moment was the ending, I thought there would be some sort of description or explanation about what happend between Mathieu and Cedric, but again nothing much. What was the reason of his big depression??? I guess the director tried to make an artie and very subtle movie but it still needed much more than this. Audiences want to relate themselves to the characters and in order to do so they need to be fed more informations about details of characters' emothional states and the reasons of them even if they are in very subtle ways. After all, this director is not Andre Tecine. "Come Undone" deserves only two or three stars as a movie, which mainly comes from beautiful cinematography, but I give four stars because I enjoyed the attractiveness of those boys. I do not think I wasted my money, but I can not recommend this to anyone if that is not their taste or that is not enough for them. Yes, this is the artie eye candy.
 Did I See A Different Movie? October 3, 2007
H. F. Corbin (ATLANTA, GA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I read though two dozen or so of the reviews of "Come Undone," I wondered if I had seen the same film as practically everyone else. Maybe I was just having a bad night or I missed something major while reading the subtitles. I found the film slow, at times confusing and difficult to follow. Much of it is shot in almost total darkness.
On a positive note, the two main characters (Jeremie Elkaim as Mathieu and Stephane Rideau as Cedric) are attractive and have a believable chemistry between them. The music is quite beautiful and there are some engaging beach scenes. A story about first love appeals to most of us. But the movie ultimately is disappointing and one I would not watch again.
Existential anxiety and a first love June 7, 2007
CBC (Sydney Australia)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
'Come Undone' is a special film which puts together the coming together of two young men as lovers, with the inescapable trajectories of their own family histories. Sometimes sex and even love are not enough to overcome the fact that one's family is disintegrating, and you have lost your way in terms of working out a future. Stephane Rideau is as marvellous as he was in 'Wild Reeds' (surely that film needs re-release on DVD). 'Come Undone' has high production values and is intellectually challenging as the audience tries to work out what leads to the suicide attempt. At the same time there are great and engaging scenes of sex and love. This film works very well.
 Wonderful but lacks specific chronology February 11, 2007
R. Quigley (St. Louis, MO)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
It was only after the 2nd viewing that I came to realize how much I really loved this film. It essentially has 3 timelines and they all interchange, with no real defining of when the timeline has shifted. It takes a couple of minutes before you realize that you're looking at Mathieu dealing with depression, looking at Mathieu on the beach with Cedric, or looking at Mathieu getting to the point of dealing with his depression. You must pay attention or else you'll be confused. After getting used to the format, I was able to enjoy it much more, especially the 2nd time through.
The majority of the story deals with Mathieu and his first gay affair with Cedric while on vacation. The realization of sexuality isn't portrayed with the typical anguish or guilt and revulsion; it's simply a realization. There are seemingly extraneous issues, Mathieu's mother and her depression and his revoltingly oppressive sister, but those issues become important when we witness Mathieu's own mental breakdown. Was it because of Cedric, Mathieu's dysfunctional family, the pain of coming out? If you're looking for answers, don't, because you won't get any. The story doesn't really have an end; the viewer is left to wonder about so many things and come to their own conclusions.
For Americans, this is a very frustrating exercise because we expect stories with beginnings, middles, and ends. A haunting soundtrack and amazing cinematography enhance. Both actors in the lead roles are gorgeous; but, beware, there is quite a bit of graphic nudity and one really full-on sex scene. If you let go of convention, you can love the movie for what it is, an unconventional study of an intense and consuming relationship.
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