Les ingredients etaient la...pour une belle recette. Cependant, le fil de l'histoire etait facile a perdre...dommage. Les performances nous gardent interesse jusqu'a la fin...maid je m'attendais a beaucoup plus.
4 Reviews
bel effort
paidinfull1322 October 2020
Charming, frivolous, but also a bit boring. A story about 2 old men yearning for a young gorgeous femme fatale...
imseeg9 February 2020
2 men's midlife crisis, packaged in a frivolous French comedy, with terrific actors. but the story is lacking in drama, spark and punch.
The good: the actors. It's always a joy to see Gerard Depardieu perform in a new movie, but he has only got a smaller supporting role this time. Daniel Auteuil is the leading actor and he even directed this movie, in which he is constantly daydreaming about having a secret affair with a young gorgeous woman. The movie basically is nothing else but lovey dovey fantasies of an old man about a gorgeous young woman.
The bad: there is nothing else but these old man's fantasies about a young woman. These fantasies in particular are never shocking, nor intensely erotic, not even original. Therefore this story lacks punch and spark and I got a bit bored after an hour of these old man's lovey dovey fantasies.
This is still a nice French lighthearted comedy about adultery, but only because of the great actors. There are better French adultery comedies out there though, so I wont recommend this one. It's not bad, simply a bit tedious to watch after an hour, because there is no real drama, no real suspense, It's all lovey dovey nice-ish, but simultaneously also a bit boring...
The good: the actors. It's always a joy to see Gerard Depardieu perform in a new movie, but he has only got a smaller supporting role this time. Daniel Auteuil is the leading actor and he even directed this movie, in which he is constantly daydreaming about having a secret affair with a young gorgeous woman. The movie basically is nothing else but lovey dovey fantasies of an old man about a gorgeous young woman.
The bad: there is nothing else but these old man's fantasies about a young woman. These fantasies in particular are never shocking, nor intensely erotic, not even original. Therefore this story lacks punch and spark and I got a bit bored after an hour of these old man's lovey dovey fantasies.
This is still a nice French lighthearted comedy about adultery, but only because of the great actors. There are better French adultery comedies out there though, so I wont recommend this one. It's not bad, simply a bit tedious to watch after an hour, because there is no real drama, no real suspense, It's all lovey dovey nice-ish, but simultaneously also a bit boring...
This is a fun and light comedy with a lot of passion.
alexandrefbergeron-2869012 March 2022
Warning: Spoilers
If you like Woody Allen movies, you will love this movie. Daniel Auteuil and Gérard Depardieu are two of France's best actors and here they are playing desperate old men trying to grab onto life's delicacy, a beautiful young woman. One has left his wife for her and the other dreams of doing the same thing the minute he meets his best friend's new love.
It has everything a truly great Woody Allen movie has, even down to the neurotic, clumsy Auteuil acting nervously and dreaming of a new life with this young Spanish beauty. It is funny and horrible and magical all at the same time. This was a truly enjoyable 90 minutes which put a smike upon my face.
Sandrine and Adriana are perfectly casted as Daniel's jealous wife and Gérard's sensuous girlfriend. The music which is also reminiscent of Woody Allen movies fits perfectly.
Do not watch this with your wife or husband if things are shakey, it might give you some bad ideas... This is a fun and light comedy with a lot of passion.
A really great pick to star and direct by Daniel Auteuil.
It has everything a truly great Woody Allen movie has, even down to the neurotic, clumsy Auteuil acting nervously and dreaming of a new life with this young Spanish beauty. It is funny and horrible and magical all at the same time. This was a truly enjoyable 90 minutes which put a smike upon my face.
Sandrine and Adriana are perfectly casted as Daniel's jealous wife and Gérard's sensuous girlfriend. The music which is also reminiscent of Woody Allen movies fits perfectly.
Do not watch this with your wife or husband if things are shakey, it might give you some bad ideas... This is a fun and light comedy with a lot of passion.
A really great pick to star and direct by Daniel Auteuil.
This is excellent for what it is - a very French comedy of manners
av_m18 September 2022
First, this is an extremely witty script in English, but even more so in French - I'd say the wit in English is about 75% of that in French.
But, fortunately, the excellent cast of characters all have wonderful talent for expressing their roles through their facial expressions, the tone of their voices, even slap stick body language.
The storyline is classic French - the satirically humorous trials of fine French bourgeoise marriage - the insecurities of the middle age men, the insecurities of the middle age women, the disrupting spice of a young nubile mistress - and all over a fine dinner of interminable French wines and haute cuisine.
Really a very entertaining performance - for grown-ups with grown-ups appreciation of the grown-up problems of sustaining a grown-up partnership.
Tres bien! :-)
But, fortunately, the excellent cast of characters all have wonderful talent for expressing their roles through their facial expressions, the tone of their voices, even slap stick body language.
The storyline is classic French - the satirically humorous trials of fine French bourgeoise marriage - the insecurities of the middle age men, the insecurities of the middle age women, the disrupting spice of a young nubile mistress - and all over a fine dinner of interminable French wines and haute cuisine.
Really a very entertaining performance - for grown-ups with grown-ups appreciation of the grown-up problems of sustaining a grown-up partnership.
Tres bien! :-)
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