La Belle Hélène
Seen it?2000 | 153 min | Music
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for most people.
- The mood
- Easygoing.
- The pace
- Unhurried and epic, at 2 hr 33 min.
- What might put you off
- It's long: 2 hr 33 min.
- It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
This is a joy from beginning to end. Although there are many tricks and ideas from Laurent Pelly, as always he seems to still retain the Offenbach magic. La Lott and Monsieur Beuron are a joy, but so is everyone else. The Patriotic Trio by the sea is both a hoot and wonderfully sung, the score seems truly complete yet never flags and the finale sequences for especially acts 1 & 2 are a joy of movement and sound fused as one glorious Offenbachian moment.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 10K people sought it out in the past year
More like this
Want more like this, picked just for you? Get my picks
Cast & crew
Directed by Laurent Pelly, Ross MacGibbon
- Felicity LottHélène, reine de Sparte
- Yann BeuronPâris, fils de Priam, roi de Troie
- Michel SénéchalMénélas, roi de Sparte
- Laurent NaouriAgamemnon, roi d'Argos
- François Le RouxCalchas, grand augure de Jupiter
- Marie-Ange TodorovitchOreste, fils d'Agamemnon
- Eric HuchetAchille, roi de Phthiotis
- Alain GabrielAjax premier, roi de Salamine
- Laurent AlvaroAjax deuxième, roi des Locriens
- Hjördis ThébaultBacchis, suivante d'Hélène