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Après Vous

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Après Vous reviews
53
8.2 User Score:

Mixed or average reviews

Based on 24 critic reviews
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Based on 5 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy  |  Foreign  |  Romance

Written by: Benoît Graffin
David Léotard
Pierre Salvadori
Danièle Dubroux (idea)

Directed by: Pierre Salvadori

Release Date:
Theatrical: June 3, 2005
DVD: November 8, 2005

Running Time: 110 minutes, Color

Origin: France

Summary

RATING: R for language

Starring Daniel Auteuil, José Garcia, Sandrine Kiberlain, Maryline Canto, Michèle Moretti, Garance Clavel, Fabio Zenoni, Ange Ruzé, and Andrée Tainsy

Two of France's most celebrated actors, Daniel Auteuil ("The Closet," "Girl on the Bridge") and José Garcia ("Trouble Everyday," "Jet Set"), team up in a romantic comedy that begs the question: can it actually be bad to be a Good Samaritan? (Paramount Classics)

What The Critics Said

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80

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

This delightfully spirited film is perfectly cast, and it's hard to imagine how Daniel Auteuil, José Garcia and Sandrine Kiberlain could possibly improve upon their irresistible, multifaceted portrayals.

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75

San Francisco Chronicle Ruthe Stein

The humor is all over the place, veering from light to dark and from broad to subtle -- as if an "I Love Lucy" episode had been retooled by Woody Allen.

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75

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

Suicidal depression has rarely looked so amusing.

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75

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Maybe the movie does so much dawdling and meandering so we'll have more time to bask in their presence; in any case, the otherwise pleasant picture uses up its ideas long before it uses up its running time.

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70

The New Republic Stanley Kauffmann

Unusually for a soap-bubble film, Après Vous runs almost two hours and very nearly sustains its length. Five minutes of condensation toward the end would have benefited it. But Salvadori floats everything, hammers nothing, and gets maximum buoyancy out of Camille Bazbaz's jaunty music.

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70

Washington Post Desson Thomson

There isn't much to the movie, and you can see where it's going from kilometers away. But [Daniel] Auteuil gives the silliness a surprising heft.

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63

New York Post Kyle Smith

Après Vous arranges for a normal guy to get stuck with a blithering wreck. But whenever things threaten to get really silly, it pulls back.

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63

Chicago Tribune Jessica Reaves

A sweet, if dramatically overlong trifle.

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60

Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir

Après Vous offers nice sound design and an unfussy presentation of middle-class Paris. It comes and goes with no unpleasant aftertaste.

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60

Variety Lisa Nesselson

Elegantly written, well-thesped comedy is too hermetic and bittersweet to be laugh-out-loud funny, but sustains a fairly successful ratio of uncomfortable situations to amusing solutions.

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50

Village Voice Peter L'Official

Praised be the gods that this rom-com is French. If not, we'd be haunted by visions of a Focker-ish Dustin Hoffman rescuing a suicidal Tony Shalhoub then orchestrating the TV germophobe's reunification with ex Lisa Kudrow. Vive la France!

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50

The Onion (A.V. Club) Noel Murray

It's sweet, but way too silly.

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50

Chicago Reader Hank Sartin

Reasonably entertaining but predictable.

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50

The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt

The story itself is silly and exaggerated.

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50

The New York Times Stephen Holden

Had it had the concision and symmetry of a classic French farce, Après Vous could have been an irresistible laugh machine.

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50

LA Weekly Ella Taylor

The best that can be said for this excitable, harmless romantic comedy is that it is smoothly directed by Pierre Salvadori.

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50

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Like most contemporary romantic comedies, the film's plot works only if you accept that everyone behaves like a complete and utter idiot at all times.

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50

Boston Globe Ty Burr

The movie is largely set in a busy Paris restaurant, and, not surprisingly, the food looks terrific. You may come out hungry for poached sea bass and a little starved for drama.

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50

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Intended as a farce, but lacks farcical insanity and settles for being a sitcom, not a very good one.

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50

Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten

Intends to be a farce, not a drama. The film never quite achieves either definition.

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50

Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy

You should come out of a film like Apres Vous with your heart as light and fluffy as a souffle. But this farce, credited to four chefs, er, writers, is as heavy and leaden as meatloaf.

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50

Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey

Salvadori's choppy film never establishes a comic rhythm.

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42

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak

The jokes run dry, the situation is redundant, the cast becomes tiresome and the running time is interminable.

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30

Dallas Observer Jean Oppenheimer

Proves an absolute chore to sit through.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 8.2 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Alice M. gave it an8:
Light, cheerful and fun filled comedy. Simple storyline filled with subtle humour and excellent expressions by the artistes. Watch it with your loved one after a tiff to make up and have some fun like I did!

Ruth S. gave it a6:
This movie had some very funny scenes, and it was definitely worth seeing, but overall it didn't work as well as it could have.

neon gave it an8:
Simply go and enjoy the 2 hours. a glass of red wine before the film will get you in the mood. saw it at a preview last night with a full house and everyone seemed happy.

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