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My Wife Maurice

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My Wife Maurice reviews
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8.0 User Score:

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Based on 5 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy  |  Foreign

Written by: Jean-Marie Poiré (adaptation)
Raffy Shart (play and adaptaion)

Directed by: Jean-Marie Poiré

Release Date:
Theatrical: August 27, 2004
DVD: December 14, 2004

Running Time: 102 minutes, Color

Origin: France / Germany

Summary

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.

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

The average user rating for this movie is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes

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

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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