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My Wife Maurice
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My Wife Maurice reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 37 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
8.0 out of 10
based on 5 reviews
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MPAA RATING: Not Rated

Starring Alice Evans, Régis Laspalès, Philippe Chevallier, Götz Otto, Anémone, Martin Lamotte, Virginie Lemoine, and Guy Marchand

A romantic comedy full of mistaken identities, disguises and surprises.


GENRE(S): Comedy  |  Foreign  
WRITTEN BY: Jean-Marie Poiré (adaptation)
Raffy Shart (play and adaptaion)
 
DIRECTED BY: Jean-Marie Poiré  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: December 14, 2004 
Video: December 14, 2004 
Theatrical: August 27, 2004 
RUNNING TIME: 102 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: France / Germany 
LANGUAGE(S): French (with English subtitles) 

What The Critics Said

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50
Variety Lisa Nesselson
Gamely thesped, lowbrow farce.
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40
Village Voice Kris Wilton
Aside from Laspalès's enlivening physical humor, Poiré's forced, formulaic comedy of errors has little to offer.
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40
TV Guide Ethan Alter
It doesn't help that the cast is populated by unfunny actors, with the possible exception of Evans, who is an appealing presence if not necessarily a great comedienne.
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40
The New York Times Stephen Holden
The obvious forerunner of My Wife Maurice, is "La Cage aux Folles," a movie that is several cuts above this frantically overwrought imitator.
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40
The Hollywood Reporter Judith Prescott
Poire's comedy often pushes the definition of good taste to its limit. Many of his jokes are vulgar and crass. Too often, they're downright puerile.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
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Fiona VFP gave it a10:
This is a big budget cinemascope action comedy with everything you want from a proper movie: international cast Alice Evans, Gotz Otto are both respected and good looking and very good actors. They're surrounded by a flock of French clowns all ugly and mean, and quite funny. Beautiful on location photography in Venice and Montmartre. I recommend it.

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