Jeux d'enfants
Picture this: After a hard day's work, as your weary legs drag you home, below a tainted street light you see your childhood playmate grinning widely, clutching a box you know only too well. Before you can say 'hello', he throws you a challenge... the weirdest one possible... hands you the box and utters the magic dare words:
"Game or not?"
Would you grab the wager and run after it? The world starts to spin around you in a static frenzy. You focus your renewed energy on just one task: completing the dare and passing the box!
Remember the games you played as a child? Can you count them all? Weren't they so much fun! Teams or solo, player or seeker, the hushed giggles, those clever strategies and folied decoys, the challenging dares and that prized victory! The thrill of games! What a pity we have to give them up en route to growing up! But wait, whoever said we *have* to? What if we never stopped playing? What if each day a daring game awaited you round the corner? No rules, no break, just play.
What a moronic idea, you say. But yes, it takes a moron... no make that two, to play the game of life. Meet Julien Janvier and Sophie Kowalsky in the suave French movie, Love me if you dare. The two friends begin an innocent game of 'dare' as children, and never grow out of it. Everyday a new dare, a new challenge, a new triumph, and the box passes on. Whoever holds the box has to complete the dare. The rules are simple, stakes are high, and so is their sporting spirit. Carefree and fearless, the world is their playground. Whether home or school, the game is always on. Life is fun. Until one day, they fall in love and the lines between reality and fantasy blur. Who can tell if love is a part of the game or the game is a part of love. To find out, they must keep playing... with higher stakes involved!
'Love me if you dare' is a delightful story that begs the viewer not to take it seriously. Its fun all the way from word 'start'. As light as breeze, there is no real plot to speak of, except the game. But the viewer cannot help be a part of the story as it progresses. And sure enough, the thrill of Julien or Sophie's next move tingles the nerves better than the latest blockbusters. A definite weekend watch.
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