LOVE
VANGUARD D: Gaspar Noé. France. 134 min. Sep 15, 8:45 pm Ryerson Sep 17, 6 pm TIFF Bell Lightbox 1. See tiff.net. Rating: NN
In former enfant terrible Noé’s hardcore sex film in 3-D with an overly soft centre, a filmmaker yearns for the time when he and his lover were free and easy. He remembers how she brought another woman in for a threesome and how the other woman got pregnant. Now he’s a family man, the original lover long gone.
Sweet and sentimental, hugely self-indulgent but with no edge, Love is not without its visual charms, although the money shot of an erect penis ejaculating is not one of them.
No need to wipe off your glasses.