My hopes for this film were high. I wished for the Juliette Binoche of 1988-2000, who chose some excellent films in which to act, beginning with The Unbearable Lightness of Being, and ranging forward in time to The Widow of St. Pierre (underrated, I think). Alas, Certified Copy is of a piece with 2005's Caché, but worse. Caché led me by the nose until the very end, when it turned out to be about nothing. It was evident about 15 minutes into Certified Copy that it was nothing -- nothing but pretentious, meaningless chit-chat. I know when to cut my losses, so I did. My evening was not a total loss because my early termination of Certified Copy left me time in which to listen to the never-boring 1952 recording of Beethoven's 9th Symphony, conducted by Arturo Toscanini, with Jan Peerce as tenor soloist. It was (as always) an electrifying experience, quite the opposite of the stultifying experience imparted by Certified Copy.
Review of Certified Copy
