Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

proud_luddite A traveling carnival arrives in a northern seaside French town for a weekend, adding more charm and fun to the lives of a pair of young and musically-talented adult twin sisters, their mother who runs a restaurant, and various other characters who all seem to be seeking the ideal mate.The great cast includes legends and stars both French and American: Catherine Deneuve, her real-life sister Françoise Dorléac (tragically killed in an accident shortly after the film was made), Danielle Darrieux (who passed away last year at the age of 100), Michel Piccoli, Gene Kelly, and George Chakiris.The storyline can be silly but it is deliberately so. It is part of the light-heartedness that makes viewing this film so joyous. After five viewings, it becomes easier to see the movie's occasional flaws. This would normally justify a reduced rating. But the movie's magical musical moments are so grand, the overall effect is not diminished by the flaws that seem minor by comparison. The most outstanding numbers include the vibrant "Chanson des jumelles", its partial reprise in "De Hambourg a Rochefort", "Les rencontres", and "Chanson d'un jour d'été" (and the lively carnival events that precede it).The atmosphere of the film could easily resemble what heaven might be like for those of us lucky enough to get there in the after-life. With everyone dancing in the streets, beautiful colours on sunny days, magnificent songs by the great Michel Legrand, grand choreography by Norman Maen, great performances overall, all wrapped up by the brilliant director Jacques Demy, this film could be the cure for many a cynical, depressed person who can use a lift. It is equally helpful to anyone who is already happy and just wants to stay that way.Near the end of the film, the fair is over and the townspeople seem sad that the good time is now over. This same sadness can be felt in the audience knowing the film is nearing its end. Luckily, it can be seen again and again.Magnificent.

MissSimonetta I think Jacques Demy can be an acquired taste for some people. His films often border on, if not fall directly into, camp territory with their bright mise en scene and grand melodrama. Most of them are quite melancholy or even downers, focusing on romantic frustration, lost dreams, bitter regrets, and family dramas. In this regard, The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) is a little bit of an anomaly as it is quite sunny and cheerful.In many ways an homage to the Hollywood musical, Young Girls is a delightful romp about interconnected lovers and dreamers. Michel Legrand's music is fun and upbeat. All the actors are in fine form, even if some of them are a little rough with their footwork. Nevertheless, I would say this is one of Demy's best movies.

davikubrick Romance, colors, unexpected encounters and love are here brought with great passion by the brilliant Jacques Demy with the help of the magical soundtrack made by Michel Legrand. The story is simple but it's told with great magic: Solange (Françoise Dorléac) and her twin sister Delphine (Catherine Deneuve) are two young music teachers who live in Rochefort, they are both looking for the love of their life because they know he exists, but they don't know that the love of their life are also in Rochefort, just waiting to meet each other. Colors and even little objects seems to explode emotions, every scene cares a magic, euphoric and melancholic feeling that it's almost impossible to not be contaminated with these feelings. Even a simple scene of a woman walking in a street becomes memorable and magic, every song is powerful, unforgettable and beautiful, walking the line between happiness and melancholy so incredibly well like maybe no other film ever did. Overall, "Les Demoiselles de Rochefort" is more of a experience than anything else, it explodes emotion, love and happiness and defiles you with all these great feelings. And to end, it gives you one of the most beautiful, sublime and memorable end sequences in all cinema history that deserves to be alongside equally wonderful films such as "City Lights" and "Sunrise - A Song of Two Humans". It's magical, beautiful and one of the most moving love stories ever told, it's pure cinema and a unforgettable film that captures maybe better than any other film what human feelings are really about.

kaaber-2 I honestly don't know how to rate this film. The plot is idiotic beyond description, the dialog demented, the lovely Catherine Deneuve looks like she's had her make-up done by a mortician's intern, and the film's hero looks like a gay wet dream, complete with sailor-boy outfit and bleached hair. As a cinematic whole, the film comes across as the results of Prozac abuse and a lobotomy.And yet, somehow, what you bring away from the film seems to be the two strokes of genius - and no, I don't include Kelly's choreography, but Michel LeGrand's haunting tunes (and Chanson de Maxence, simple though it be, tops even "Windmills" in my mind) and the great and unexpected ending, which you'd never thought could have crossed the mind of the man that perpetrated the last two hours of cinematic delirium tremens."Demoiselles de Rochefort" runs parallel in my experience to "Song of Norway", almost three hours of heartless though unintended mockery of the classical composer Grieg, exacerbated by silly animated inserts, and yet "Norway" suddenly manages to introduce completely unexpected and effective tragedy at the very end. And of course, Grieg's music works well, too.