tsimshotsui Truffaut doing Hitchcock is pure delight. I would even say I prefer it to some Hitchcock films because Truffaut has better views on certain issues and it showed here. The film is absolutely satisfying and quite creative with the varying... methods, shall we say, by the protagonist. It's incredible how rare a film involving this story line could end this great, and I love Truffaut for indulging the audience and giving us what we want (though I can only speak for me of course).

Richard Burin In 1968, Jeanne Moreau will... KILL FERGUS. Possibly. Truffaut's Hitchcock homage, which in turn led to Kill Bill, pays tribute more in style than in theme, as Moreau's widowed bride tracks down the five men responsible for her husband's death (I say "responsible", four of them get a pretty bum rap), amidst numerous clever directorial touches (like the camera snaking around the bushes in front a potential victim's house) and to the strains of Bernard Herrmann's superb score. It isn't deep, particularly credible or very well plotted, it's shot in the peculiar "pastel shade" fashion of so many European films of the '60s - that extends even to the actors' skin; it's difficult to distinguish between the many drawings of Moreau and the real thing - and there's a very silly death scene effect that is almost certainly not a joke, but for the most part it's fast-moving and fun, particularly if you like seeing lecherous Frenchmen being killed.

blitzebill from the silly opening attempt at suicide, to the predictable march from one victim to another, this film has to rank as one of the worst French films, and one of Truffaut's worst.and that doesn't include the awful music, despite being written by one of the greatest film composers of all time: Bernard Herrmann. I am disappointed most with the music. It feels as though the music was basically inserted into holes where it did not fit, nor made sense. Herrmann was borrowing from his previous scores so heavily, the music began to sound like Herrmann doing a parody of himself.there are so many problems with the script and editing, as well as the acting, that one doesn't know where to begin.Truffaut couldn't even pull off the fake thunder storm at the third victim's house. The lightning and thunder were so phony and contrived as to make the whole film a cartoon.Then at the re-telling of the tragedy that was to become Julie Kohler's (Jeanne Moreau) motivation for her revenge, we see a sloppy, nonsensical explanation of one the five men clumsily aiming a gun at the victim, and it accidentally going off.pathetic.This film was a travesty.

FilmCriticLalitRao All human beings are known to have made mistakes in their careers. There are no exceptions to this rule.This is also true in the case of famous French film director François Truffaut whose film "The bride wore black" is a huge disappointment.Who can be blamed for that ? I don't know much.My guesses might give some idea.Is it the TV channel which was showing this film at an odd hour in the night or is it an avid cinema admirer watching a poorly acted thriller at a wrong time. Whatever one says "La Mariée était en noir" is a big bore which would even fail to impress Alfred Hitchcock,a man for whom it was made.The biggest trouble lies in the depiction of the title role played by Jeanne Moreau.She acts in a very bad manner as she displays a whole lot of wooden performances.There is hardly any suspense at all in this film.It is absolutely clear from the outset that as a disgruntled bride would be heading on a killing spree there should have been somebody who would be willing to fight with her.It is a pity that Truffaut did not work hard on removing such a minor glitch while he was directing this film.