Dick Smith Posted September 4, 2004 Share Posted September 4, 2004 Has anyone else seen the above movie with Gerard Depardieu and Jean Rochefort? If so, what did you think of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted September 4, 2004 Share Posted September 4, 2004 It did have some very funny bits in it - tusked ducklings and the guérissologue spring to mind. It's just a bit of fun, in spite of the slightly disturbing French-humour moments with the dead bodies with their mouths stitched up.But it had a strangely low-budget air about it, considering the big names involved, and it was almost embarrassing to see Gerard Depardieu in something so low-key. Alain Chabat was too "big" for his part too.Otherwise, a round-up of the usual suspects in acting terms, lots of familiar faces from other recent French films. I think it came and went here in France without making a huge impression, just another film really.Worth a watch, just not a great classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted September 4, 2004 Author Share Posted September 4, 2004 Yes. I agree with all of that. The jokes just seemed to come at you so sloooowly that you had finished laughing at them before they arrived. I enjoyed Jean Rochefort (always do) but he was gone in the first reel. How did the director get big names to do it?I also thought that the tusked ducklings, worms etc would have caused an outcry in the UK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battypuss Posted September 5, 2004 Share Posted September 5, 2004 I loathe the cinema so sent the children (9 and 11) on their own. They liked it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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