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Après Vous

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
Language(s): French (with English subtitles)
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)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Suicidal depression has rarely looked so amusing.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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!
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Intended as a farce, but lacks farcical insanity and settles for being a sitcom, not a very good one.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
Intends to be a farce, not a drama. The film never quite achieves either definition.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
Salvadori's choppy film never establishes a comic rhythm.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paula Nechak
The jokes run dry, the situation is redundant, the cast becomes tiresome and the running time is interminable.
Read Full Review >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.
