Love Me If You Dare

Plot

As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children — a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts…

Release Year: 2003

Rating: 7.6/10 (24,456 voted)

Critic's Score: 45/100

Director:
Yann Samuell

Stars: Guillaume Canet, Marion Cotillard, Thibault Verhaeghe

Storyline
As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children — a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. While they often act out to relieve one another's pain, their game might be a way to avoid the fact that they are truly meant for one another.

Cast:

Guillaume Canet
–

Julien Janvier

Marion Cotillard
–

Sophie Kowalsky

Thibault Verhaeghe
–

Julien à 8 ans

Joséphine Lebas-Joly
–

Sophie à 8 ans

Emmanuelle Grönvold
–

Julien's Mother

Gérard Watkins
–

Julien's Father

Gilles Lellouche
–

Sergei Nimov Nimovitch

Julia Faure
–

Sophie's Sister

Laëtizia Venezia Tarnowska
–

Christelle Louise Bouchard

(as Laetizia Venezia)

Élodie Navarre
–

Aurélie Miller

Nathalie Nattier
–

Sophie à 80 ans

Robert Willar
–

Julien (80 ans)

Frédéric Geerts
–

Igor

Manuela Sanchez
–

Teacher

Philippe Drecq
–

School Principal

Taglines:
Are you game?

Release Date: 14 May 2004

Filming Locations: Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

Opening Weekend: €11,187
(Netherlands)
(23 November 2003)
(12 Screens)

Gross: $548,707
(USA)
(3 October 2004)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Did You Know?

Trivia:

The scene in which Julien and Sophie are immersed in cement was filmed by immersing Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet in apple sauce.

Goofs:

Continuity:
The first time we see the bus driver chasing the bus his hat falls off towards the left side of the road. The second time it drops directly behind him to the right of the middle.

Quotes:

Julien Jeanvier:
Being an adult means to have a speedometer that marks 210 and not driving over 60.

User Review

Love me – cap ou pas cap?

Rating: 10/10


This bittersweet comedy about love is in line with great recent French
movies such as Amelie or L'Auberge Espagnole, But Jeux d'Enfants is not
trying to copy any of the previous. In fact, it is one of the most
original movies I've seen lately.

Directed in a superb way by the inventive Yann Samuell, this film can
make you laugh out loud in a minute and shed some tears on the next due
to the extreme complexity of the feelings the director and the actors
share with you. Nothing in this film seems exaggerated; it's a fairy
tale of our time with a great dose of realism.

The chemistry between Guillaume Canet and Marion Cotillard is simply
perfect.

Whether you like it or not, it's difficult to be indifferent to this
movie and this is one of the best compliments a director can receive.