So many great foreign films seem to come out of France, so I was quite excited when a friend of mine recommended this one. Because of the subtitles, I couldn’t even do my normal multi task routine…I actually had to sit down and watch it, but with this one, it was probably a good thing.

The movie starts out with two children who begin there own game of “Dares” using a carousel tin given to the boy by his dying mother. The one holding the tin gets to dare the other to do anything…and the other has to do it. The game causes grief for their teachers, their parents, their siblings…pretty much anyone in the adult world who has to deal with them.

Then they enter adulthood, where the game continues, the dares still as outrageous as they were ten years prior. Only now, they can’t seem to figure out what’s true and what’s a dare. When human emotion comes into play, so does the hurt. Becoming so wrapped up in the thrill of the game, they find that there might not be much worse than not being with the one you love.

I don’t mind admitting that I was just a tiny bit confused by the ending of this movie, but that’s one of the things I really liked about it. It’s open for discussion. Though the movie has the element of romanticism to it, its mostly a fun romp, waiting to see who’s going to outdo the other and who’s going to win the Dare war. Full of little surprises here and there, the movie definitely kept my attention and I did indeed find it to be worth watching.