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Keep Your Right Up (1987)

* (out of 4)

As is the case with a lot of the films from director Jean-Luc Godard, trying to describe the "story" is somewhat pointless because there isn't one. What little story you can get out of this film is that Godard plays a film director who is given twenty-four hours to complete a movie and he must then deliver the movie within that same time. Godard takes the film can and goes on an adventure to try and deliver the product.

KEEP YOUR RIGHT UP is a film that seems to get mixed reviewed even by the biggest fans of the director. If you enjoy Godard's style then I'd say you've got a good short of enjoying this picture but it just didn't work for me as you can clearly see from my rating. Is this an awful movie or a poorly made one? Absolutely not but at the same time it's rather maddening trying to watch it.

Perhaps maddening is the wrong word because I enjoy Godard's style when the "story" itself is something that interests me or at least holds my attention. The problem here is that the story is just one I found to be incredibly boring and I thought the various characters were boring as well. I've read that this here was an attempt to pay homage to Jerry Lewis and if so it really didn't work. The comedy and various gags just didn't work for me as I found them to be quite unfunny.

Godard is a natural on the screen so his performance was actually one of the bright spots of the film. As I said, if you enjoy Godard's style then you'll probably enjoy this more than I did.