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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 53 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 53 m

Summary Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexandre Taillard de Vorms (Thierry Lhermitte) is confident in France's importance on the world stage, de Vorms takes on American neo-cons, corrupt Russians and the opportunistic Chinese while his hapless speech writer (Raphael Personnaz) endures the eccentricities of his megalomaniacal boss and his sycophant...

Directed By: Bertrand Tavernier

Written By: Antonin Baudry, Christophe Blain, Bertrand Tavernier

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 53 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Sundance Selects
  • 1 h 53 m

The French Minister

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
65
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexandre Taillard de Vorms (Thierry Lhermitte) is confident in France's importance on the world stage, de Vorms takes on American neo-cons, corrupt Russians and the opportunistic Chinese while his hapless speech writer (Raphael Personnaz) endures the eccentricities of his megalomaniacal boss and his sycophant...

Directed By: Bertrand Tavernier

Written By: Antonin Baudry, Christophe Blain, Bertrand Tavernier

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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73% Positive
8 Reviews
27% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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73% Positive
8 Reviews
27% Mixed
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0% Negative
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80
Mar 16, 2014
Quai d’Orsay zips along at a good clip and benefits from the gruffly benevolent gravity of Arestrup, which offsets the machine-gun pace set by Lhermitte.
By Todd McCarthy FULL REVIEW
75
Mar 16, 2014
With its broad performances, rapid-fire pacing, and rampant visual and verbal gags, Bernard Tavernier's first out-and-out comedy doesn't try too hard to hide its graphic-novel origins.
By Kenji Fujishima FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 27, 2014
This is not life imitating art. This is art going to bed with life and staying there for the rest of the afternoon. [31 March 2014, p.81]
By Anthony Lane FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 19, 2014
Mannered and often very funny.
By Chris Packham FULL REVIEW
63
Mar 19, 2014
The conclusion feels too good-natured after nearly two hours of a minister who would need typed instructions to butter a baguette.
By Farran Smith Nehme FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 20, 2014
Director Bertrand Tavernier’s amusing new political satire isn’t toothless, but it could use more bite.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 18, 2014
[Lhermitte's] energetic performance is by far the best reason to see the film, which should probably have been directed by somebody else; Tavernier has little flair for comedy.
By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
7.2
40% Positive
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Production Company Little Bear, Pathé, France 2 Cinéma, CN2 Productions, Alvy Développement, Canal+, Ciné+, Cinekap, Site 4 View Productions
Release Date Mar 21, 2014
Duration 1 h 53 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Lumiere Awards, France
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
César Awards, France
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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