Déjà Vu

1998 "Your future is set..."
6.8| 1h57m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 22 April 1998 Released
Producted By: The Rainbow Film Company
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L.A. shop owner Dana and Englishman Sean meet and fall in love at first sight, but Sean is married and Dana is to marry her business partner Alex.

Genre

Drama, Romance

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Director

Henry Jaglom

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The Rainbow Film Company

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Déjà Vu Audience Reviews

Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
toby-63 Not too difficult to guess where this movie is going, almost from the opening shots. But there is a degree of passion, and the leads play their parts well. Not intellectually challenging but a very enjoyable romantic romp that will have most viewers saying a rude word, or "that's really sweet/nice". I was in the latter group.What starts out as a an interesting story quickly moves into areas that are best described as "twee". The pregnant wife, the soon to be married business partner, and the various filler roles (in case you missed the plot) albeit well acted, and played with some conviction really there to reinforce the basic premise. The story line is far from original, and the direction appears to be designed for a "straight to video", or even "made for TV" quality product. But don't be put off, if you are a romantic then this could be for you.
George Parker "Deja Vu" is a romantic love story but not the usual fare with hearts and flowers or sweaty sex. This film follows a chance encounter abroad between a betrothed woman on business travel and a local married artist. During the run, the film wanders around the couple and sundry other people - family, friends, etc. - as it examines, explores, studies, ponders, analyzes, etc. issues of fate and destiny as they relate to love. "Deja Vu" offers a whole lot of dialogue, some faces we don't see too often, a kind of a fresh motif for a moldy subject, a generally pleasant story albeit somewhat trite and corny at times, and is salted with variety of coincidences large and small and even dabbles in the paranormal. An enjoyable romance which will play best with mature romantics, especially females. (B)
Euphorbia I watched Deja Vu immediately after seeing the superb "Amelie," and the parallels are striking. Both films are premised on the role of a whimsical and amoral 'fate' in setting the course of romance, offering mortals the choice of opting in, thereby risking everything mundane and familiar for immediate joy (which might or might not be everlasting), or opting out, sacrificing true love for the comforts of the safe and familiar -- and both movies posit the epicenter of this sort of fated romance as Montmartre in Paris. But beyond this, the two films could not be more different. Amelie is pure surreal fantasy set in a "Paris" which despite having been filmed on location, is no more real than Disneyland (although a lot more interesting). Deja Vu is equally a fantasy, but it is set in a much more realistic world, with only a subtly softened romantic aura. The writing, direction, and acting are all serious and good, which creates a paradoxical problem in that one cares a lot more about the future ex's than one would in a bawdy comedy or a surreal fantasy (Amelie avoids this problem entirely by having no ex's). All of which leaves unanswered the question posited by Deja Vu -- is this really romance, or is it madness? * Possible spoiler follows *The ending of Deja Vu demands we take it on faith that following the whims of the fates is the right way to go. I would have been happier with more evidence, for example a coda in which architect Sean and would-be innkeeper Dana begin to create a new inn of their own, as pointed contrast to Alex and Dana's aborted plan to restore someone else's dream villa. Absent this I give Deja Vu a 6/10 (worthy effort that fails to satisfy), while I gave Amelie an 8.
evanpelt This is a love story with more truth than is comfortable sometimes. I think most of us have either loved two people at once or had to decide whether we should stay or leave a relationship. That struggle is what this movie is about. Stay with what is comfortable or follow your heart.This movie is a bit uneven, sometimes pulling you in so deeply that you can hardly breathe, then in the very next scene you will feel like you are watching a documentary. You feel you know how it will end one moment, and the next you are uncertain. The film takes you back and forth on so many levels. I think that's the point of the movie's structure really -- the watcher is pulled one way and then the other, just like the people in the movie.We all have to make choices, do you want to follow your heart, no matter where it takes you and accept the uncertainty that goes with it, or do you stay with the comfortable stability of the known?A powerful movie. If you have a chance to see it, go for it. I would recommend seeing it alone to get the full impact. Commercials and chatter would ruin the mood.