I wasn’t a fan of the story, which I found exhaustingly repetitive, or the way that it was told, i.e. a woman telling a story about a man telling a story about the past, some of which were in black & white if it was about his childhood, while also telling stories about the present & then the woman appears telling his story as he told it. There were points when I was confused towards the middle. I think that the narrative device’s goal is to make the man sympathetic as opposed to boorish by showing that the most educated and powerful woman liked him thus vindicating his behavior. I would have preferred more visual distinction of time periods. Parts of the story seemed implausible–every woman was cool with his behavior. Also I wasn’t sure how I felt with the overt psychological explanation-he both mirrors his mother’s behavior and is chasing her to resolve not feeling wanted by her. I like Truffaut when he doesn’t overtly explain things, but lets them unfold in a naturalistic way. Instead of being concerned about whether or not his behavior is reprehensible, I think that The Man Who Loved Women should have devoted more time to whether or not the behavior was beneficial so that the end didn’t feel more Charlie Kaufman-like, particularly the man’s conclusion or editing process.