- Studio: MPI
- Release Date: Aug 24, 2012
- Starring: Benoît Magimel, François Cluzet, Gilles Lellouche, Jean Dujardin, Marion Cotillard
- Summary:
- Director: Guillaume Canet
- Genre(s): Drama, Comedy
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 25
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Mixed: 12 out of 25
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Negative: 2 out of 25
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88Cluzot, with his uncanny resemblance to Dustin Hoffman, is an engaging actor who effortlessly summons up inner neurosis. The others are all skilled at light wit and banter; in a way, the film is simply a record of the French being French.
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80It's a style of storytelling that leaves the audience guessing, but it also gives the actors room to breathe, to inhabit their characters without having to explain them away in terms of biography or pop psychology.
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Aug 23, 201260With an ensemble led by Marion Cotillard and François Cluzet, the French hit has personality to burn, and squanders most of it.
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30You're tempted to keep watching, even though the running time is a bloated 154 minutes, to see if anyone, or the movie itself, turns remotely likable. The answer to that, alas, is no.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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