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Lost and Delirious (Widescreen)

Starring: Piper Perabo, Jessica Paré Director: Léa Pool MPAA Rating: R
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (110 customer reviews)

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Tournant pour la première fois en anglais, Léa Pool a fait de Lost and Delirious une ode à l’amour passionnel, un film qui a les audaces et les errements de l’adolescence qu’il décrit.

Trois ans après avoir perdu sa mère, une adolescente (Mischa Barton) entre au collège, où elle partage une chambre avec une fille de bonne famille (Jessica Paré) et une orpheline rebelle (Piper Perabo) qui s’aiment sous le regard, d’abord incrédule puis complice, de la nouvelle venue. Lorsque leur liaison est découverte, le scandale éclate. La première niera tout, se jetant dans les bras d’un garçon, tandis que la seconde, folle de douleur, tentera de la reconquérir.

Adapté du roman The Wives of Bath, de Susan Swan, le scénario de Judith Thompson n’évite pas les invraisemblances et les raccourcis, mais la réalisation de Léa Pool est impeccable. Depuis le début des années 80, la réalisatrice de La Femme de l’hôtel et de La Demoiselle sauvage a développé un univers et un langage très particuliers. Ici, après le virage amorcé avec Emporte-moi, elle poursuit dans une veine plus accessible, laissant toute la place à l’intrigue, et obtenant de ses jeunes actrices des performances exceptionnelles. C’est le cas en particulier de Piper Perabo, vibrante à souhait.

Trop grand public pour être un film d’auteur, mais trop personnel pour être strictement commercial, Lost and Delirious est un genre de Dead Poets Society au féminin, un film sensuel et lyrique qui exalte la soif d’absolu propre à cet âge critique. --Éric Fourlanty

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Lea Pool's first English-language feature bears the mark of many Canadian features before it in its strange, at times haunting, examination of unrequited love. The film falters when it gets too earnest about both its characters and its metaphors, but as pungently scripted by Judith Thompson and helmed with clarity by director Pool, it genuinely feels unlike any other film recently made about teenage girls, never bringing its story down to the level of many sophomoric American comedies. Piper Perabo, miles away from her leading performance in Coyote Ugly, gives a striking portrayal of a scorned teenager, and her delirium reaches a perversely fascinating peak in her later scenes when her character's mental instability threatens to spiral out of control. The film shares the moody virtuosity of Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides, another movie that never sugarcoated its acidic tale of "lost girls" (a phrase utilized here as well), but however one looks at it, Lost and Delirious is unlike almost any movie out there, and that alone makes it distinctive and memorable. The feature premiered to enthusiastic response at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Jason Clark, All Movie Guide

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars NOT a "lesbian" flick, May 22 2004
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This is NOT a "lesbian" movie. I keep seeing this movie listed as a "lesbian" movie--as though it's only for a lesbian audience. It's not. It's an amazing piece of art about that deals with universal themes of love, acceptance, betrayal (of the self and of others), friendship, loyalty, honesty, peer pressure, emotional dependance, parenting, prejudice and more.

Mainly, it's about the damage done by labels, as lead Paulie says to Mouse, "I'm not a girl in love with a girl, I'm Paulie in love with Tory." So don't label, watch. And don't think this movie won't move you if you aren't gay. It will.

I'd say it's one of the most quietly powerful movies I've ever watched.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A powerful and emotional movie of true excellence, Nov 23 2001
By "steiffbear" (Horsham, West Sussex United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This movie is truely exceptional. It deals with total love (which happens to be between two young women). An independant and strong woman (Paulie played by Piper Perabo) loses her lover (Tori played by Jessica Pare)and gradually sinks into dispair. The story is observed/narrated by Mouse (Mischa Barton).

Tori and Paulie are deeply in love, easy and relaxed with each other and passionate about each other. Paulie is the strength in the relationship protecting her woman. Tori fears family disapproval and cuts off the woman she loves. Paulie fights to win back her lover against impossible odds. The movie is deeply sad, is well acted (brilliantly in the case of Perabo - this woman will be a mega-star) and is an emotional roller coaster. To quote the author Carole Taylor - "Love conquers nothing. Fear conquers all" (from "A Third Story"). For L&D fans, the music "Beautiful" is by Me'Shell Ndegeocello from the CD "Bitter". The movie is based on the book "The Wives of Bath" by Susan Swan. This movie is a must for anyone (of either sex) who loves women. Of my 200 DVD collection, this one I could not survive without. The quote of the movie: - "I am not a lesbian, I am Paulie and I love Tori". This is romance at its finest (and saddest)if you watch it a dozen times you will find more nuances and still wish you could make it ok for them - It deserves to be recognised as the classic romance that it is. BUY IT.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I Became Lost & Delirious in this gem.., Dec 23 2003
By N. Saiz "Norma Saiz" (El Dorado Hills, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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Many filmmakers use homosexuality as a comedic reference to make a comedy laugh at a gay man who does hair, a manly lesbian, or any of the stereotypical commercial image homosexuality is presented in hollywood today. Few movies captivate a true love story revolving homosexuality and I applaud Lea Pool for doing so with much success. This movie reminds me of a Shakespeare poem, so carefully written and so beautifully recited. Piper Perabo definitly struck a cord with me for her powerful performance as the heartbroken girl who turns dark and falls into her own surreal world of delirious fake emotions. A beautifully made movie, this should've got more attention than it did. I love how Lea represented Piper's isolation by a trapped eagle that Piper is teaching how to fly, "You will fly away from here." Piper longs for that eagle to be her, hoping she can flutter easily and softly from the heavy world around her. This is one of the few movies that made me cry, actually cry because of the emotional depths that it reached. This is a true gem in filmmaking and the acting couldn't have been any better by Piper. The movie thinks and feels her character revolving around landmines of depression where a way out seems almost impossible. I applaud Lea Pool for finally making a movie about teen homosexuality and not making it something to laugh at. The image of homosexuality now is becoming grossly missunderstood. Especially to young minds who listen to these harsh words from Eminem about homosexuality being wrong. This movie represents homosexuality as beauty and love just like any true love story would be.
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Most recent customer reviews

1.0 out of 5 stars Cringe and frustration worthy.
Lost and Delirious is a high school drama set in a catholic school and center around a lesbian relationship. Read more
Published 8 months ago by LadyEarlGrey

3.0 out of 5 stars loses the plot
The movie starts out with a fascinating dynamic and I thought it was going to be more about how Mischa Barton was going to cope with sharing a boarding school dorm room with two... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Brian Maitland

5.0 out of 5 stars "I saw it coming. I told you it was coming. It's still coming..."
This film is easily one of the best I have ever seen. Anyone who has ever fallen deeply in love for a time and then been denied that love later on will relate intimately with one... Read more
Published on Feb 20 2008 by Jennie

4.0 out of 5 stars "Shall I abide in this dull world, which in her absence is no better then a sty?"
Mary "Mouse" Bedford (Mischa Barton) is sent by her widowed father and her new step-mother to a private boarding school and ends up in a room with two older girls. Read more
Published on Aug 20 2006 by Lawrance M. Bernabo

4.0 out of 5 stars Lost and Delirious
Lost and Delirious is a haunting and very impressive film. Mischa Barton does an excellent job as the new girl sent to live at an all girl's college. Read more
Published on July 8 2004 by C. James

4.0 out of 5 stars Tender and sad
I thought this was an exceptional movie. Not growing up lesbian, but now an out lesbian, I understood the feelings of rejection and hurt. Read more
Published on May 7 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Two Women in Love
Paulie and Tori were young teenagers in love. But when Tori's sister storms into the room with her friends and finds the two of them in bed together, Tori breaks off the... Read more
Published on April 26 2004 by Diaspora Chic

4.0 out of 5 stars Moving Story
Piper Perabo and cast did an awesome job of showing how far you would go for true love. I highly recommend this artful look at lesbian love. Buy it!!!!
Published on April 16 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars loved it sad and touching story
before this movie i was unimpressed with Piper's Perabo's performances but after seeing this i gladly take all that back she is so good in this and expressed such raw emotions... Read more
Published on April 12 2004 by Erin E Buyense

2.0 out of 5 stars Eh
I liked this movie for a few minutes, then it became a frustrating exercise in misery.
The ending was a complete bummer... Read more
Published on Mar 28 2004 by Kats

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