New "Bel Ami" Trailer Review by The Scorecard

Directed by: Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod

Starring: Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas

Rating: Not Yet Rated

Release Date: TBA

TRAILER SCORE: 7/10

Thoughts by TSR: There are certain actors I find myself rooting for. For one reason or another I rally behind them and hope they succeed. Robert Pattinson is one of those actors. I hate that he became part of a franchise with such vehement hatred spewed its way, making it difficult for him to be taken seriously. A lot of people hold Twilight against him and that’s too bad because I think he has legitimate talent. That itself is probably a crazy statement to some, but I stand behind it. I’m hoping Bel Ami is a film that helps Pattinson start to rid the bad, sparkling vampire taste from some folk’s mouths.

Before this trailer I wasn’t really aware of Bel Ami. I wasn’t familiar with the novel by Guy de Maupassant either, so I didn’t have any idea what to expect. What I got looks like a fairly interesting story of a man using his considerable charms to seduce the wives of influential men in order to boost his social status. Pattinson looks fine as the lead, but his co-star Uma Thurman looks less than impressive. Thurman has rarely impressed me outside her work in Tarantino films, so this doesn’t shock me, but I still hope the film proves her to give a stronger performance than the trailer leads me to believe. Kristin Scott Thomas also makes a welcome appearance and I’m certainly not a person who would casually write off a film that is smart enough to cast her. The story of Bel Ami intrigues me, but the trailer also shows off some strong production values. Between the plot, the sets and especially the costumes, this is a film I’ll definitely give a look when I get a chance to see it.

With the end in sight for Twilight, here’s hoping Robert Pattinson can break out of the franchise and make a name for himself on his own merits. I’m not sure if Bel Ami is going to be the film that achieves this, but this trailer gives me hope it can serve as a step in the right direction, and be a good film in its own right.

'Bel Ami' won't be shown at the Baltic Pearl Film Festival

Bel Ami's info has been removed from the Festival's website. While we are back at waiting watch the Bel Ami trailer again 

"Bel Ami" Listed on Baltic Pearl Film Festival

Kristin Scott Thomas about Robert : "He is absolutely charming and delightful"

Kristin Scott Thomas is firmly on Team Edward. Yes, she's starring now in a wrenching film about the Holocaust. But Thomas, 51, also shot the period drama Bel Ami with Twilight's Robert Pattinson and laughs when asked about his appeal. "Yes, I understand, I understand," she says with a cool chuckle.

Q: Tell me about working with Pattinson in Bel Ami.A: (Laughs) He is absolutely charming and delightful, and he looks very good in a top hat.

Bel Ami’ star Colm Meaney amazed at Robert Pattinson’s crazed fans

The trailer for Robert Pattinson’s film upcoming ‘Bel Ami’ has been released, in which the London born actor plays a young soldier in 1890s Paris.

Adapted from the the Guy de Maupassant novel, Pattinson stars alongside Irish actor Colm Meaney.

Meaney, originally from Dublin, spoke about Pattinson’s screaming fans in a Late Late show interview.

“In Budapest we were shooting and it was mad because...it really was like what you would imagine was Beatlemania was like,” Meaney said.

No matter where they filmed the Irish actor said there were “screaming girls everywhere” eager to see Pattinson.

“We were shooting way out past Heathrow in a big old country house and there were these two, not girls now, women, middle aged women, who for three days were camped at the gate house of this estate

“And they camped there for three days in miserable weather hoping to catch a glimpse of him,” Meaney recalled.

In his latest film the “Twilight” star plays a womanizer who uses his powers of seduction to climb the social ladder. A release date is yet to be announced.

"Bel Ami" Trailer Screencaps

                                                                            

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