Happenstance...like Sliding Doors, except not so much
This past week I rented Happenstance, because I have a thing for Audrey Tautou. Not that kind of thing, I just think she's adorable and I'd like to display her on my lawn so she could give that impish smile to the passerbys. Anyway... The description of the movie pretty much sounded like Sliding Doors, right down to your life being changed by the shutting of a subway door.
The basic plot is this: A woman on the subway reads Tautou's horoscope and it says she's going to find true love, but she has to be patient. The rest of the movie shows how the characters interact causing Tautou to meet her love.
Audrey Tautou is in this, so it must be whimsical, right? Not so much.
Tautou's character mopes around the entire movie with an "I'm sad" look on her face. The character interactions aren't very interesting, and some of them weren't even that instrumental to the story. I like the concept of Sliding Doors better where you see how her life changes due to one event (also that little Scottish guy is adorable), where here, we know what the outcome is, we're just seeing all the factors going into the result.
I was pretty much just bored by this movie. I think it's my least favorite Tautou one (this, or God is Great, I'm Not). Now I'm in the mood to watch Amelie again. Or He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not.

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