FILM OF THE WEEK: POLTERGAY

SquareOne Entertainment

by Lou Hardless

When love struck Marc (Clovis Cornillac) and Emma (Julie Depardieu) move into their dream house, they find it occupied by disco-queen poltergeists in what is an ambitious but dismal attempt at interlinking different aspects of people's lives with the
past and present.

The subject matter comes across as being extremely naive and dated, and a combination of flares, crappy dancing and 70s tunes only add to the headache that's forming. Though starting off with a fair bit of potential, the film loses its way before long with the storyline ending up all over the place. Worse still, some plot aspects have already been done to death, pardon the pun. Poor editing may also leave viewers wondering what it was all about as badly positioned subtitles only add to the agony.

I was however a little intrigued as to which audience group this film is pitched at, but on reflection it's hard to say - perhaps its humour was lost in translation?