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- Summary: This stylish swashbuckler French comedy was originally released to great acclaim in 1952.
- Director: Christian-Jaque
- Genre(s): Adventure, Comedy, Romance, War
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Jacque's satiric comic take on swashbucklers extends to war in general and particularly to the men who lead their armies.
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80A rousing, good humored costumer on ribald 18th-century France. (Review of Original Release)
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80Cahiers-savvy cinephiles will recognize Fanfan as the type of handsome prestige production that the French New Wave overthrew in the early '60s, but this example of the "cinéma de qualité" is hardly a musty artifact, with its compact editing, its breezy and mischievous tone, and, in a country not yet a decade removed from the Nazi occupation, its acrid anti-militarism, clear from the ash-dry narration of the opening battle sequences onward.
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50The hectic, sprawling Fanfan la Tulipe eventually feels like too much -- too many goofy asides, too much Comédie Française hambone acting, too much gallantry and villainy, too much forced good cheer.