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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for some strong language and brief sexuality
Starring Cécile De France, Valérie Lemercier, Albert Dupontel, Laura Morante, Claude Brasseur, Christopher Thompson, and Sydney Pollack
This film centers around Jessica (de France), a beautiful young woman from the provinces who comes to Paris and lands a job waiting tables at a chic bistro on famed Avenue Montaigne, the city's nexus for art, music, theater and fashion. (ThinkFilm)
| GENRE(S): | Comedy | Drama | Foreign | Romance |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Christopher Thompson
Danièle Thompson |
| DIRECTED BY: | Danièle Thompson |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: July 17, 2007 Theatrical: February 16, 2007 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 106 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | France |
| LANGUAGE(S): | French (with English subtitles) |
Original title "Fauteuils d'orchestre"; Also known as "Orchestra Seats"; Selected as France's Official Entry for the Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar.
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The average user rating for this movie is 7.3 (out of 10) based on 13 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Bruce C. gave it a9:
Unmistakably French but delightfully full of surprises this unpretentious piece set in the most stylish part of Paris covers a range of people and their personal struggles. Fine acting performances superb photography and music and tasteful moments of pathos balanced with warmth. Ultimately an uplifting and enjoyable experience thanks to some imaginative writing and direction by Daniele Thompson.
Doug F. gave it a9:
A warm, enjoyable film - not being a film critic I'm not jaded and so loved it - youth, optimism, and open-heartedness cross paths with age, experience, and benevolence, and who wouldn't like to see them come together in mutual appreciation? The worst thing that happens is the heroine gets caught in the rain - the best things are the mutual reinforcemnt by the characters in each other's continued joie de vivre -- the US attempts at random-coincidence encounter movies seem to be straining for high-voltage ironic/Zen significance (Magnolia, Crash) or schtick and schmalz. But this film - ah, it was the best cinema experience I've had in several years, and it makes me want to brush up on my high-school French and emigrate to la belle France. I recommend it, subtitles and all.
Mary B. gave it an8:
My friend and I figured that this would be more of a travelogue on Paris. We were wrong! It was a funny, wise and very enjoyable movie. Viva la France!
Enrique gave it a3:
A less than mediocre 'feel-good' French export. Thompson--its writer director also responsible for "Jet Lag"-should make TV commercials instead. C. De France is not only a bad actress: she is absolutely intolerable.
Helene H. gave it a9:
I am French, and this may be the reason I so thoroughly enjoyed the playfulness and superb wit of this exquisite jewel of a movie. Valerie Lemercier is brilliant as usual and the rest of the cast is almost equally talented... As for the soundtrack, for someone like me who grew up to the sound of Juliette Greco, Gilbert Becaud and Charles Aznavour, it was a rare treat... Art, classical music,and French culture are offered on a silver platter to connaisseurs.... Bravo, bravo to the Thompsons (mother and son) for such a treat... Ffinally, as a French philosophy major who openly despised Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, I found it simply delicious to witness the scenes in which American film maker Pollack learns from the French comedienne Lemercier a different perspective and how to treat their story. The encounters between the two are pure delight, like a flute of champagne raised with a wink to insure that Sartre and Beauvoir will never be taken seriously again.... I highly recommend this movie to anyone with a fondness for Parisian comedy.
Heather P. gave it a10:
Endearing, intelligent, beautiful, Joyful, and the soundtract is superb
Marge B. gave it a9:
Charming, well-made film with excellent acting. It transported us to Paris for an afternoon from wintry NY and left us with a glow.
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