Rachid Bouchareb directing multi-language project from Larry Gross screenplay.
Patrick Wachsberger and his Lionsgate International team have begun talks with buyers on Rachid Bouchareb’s multi-language action comedy Belleville Cop starring Omar Sy.
Production has begun in Paris on the story of Baaba, a police officer who has refused promotions so he can continue to work in his beloved working class neighbourhood.
When a childhood friend from Miami gets killed after he comes to warn of encroaching drug gangs, Baaba moves to Miami and teams up with a local officer to bring down the criminals.
Sy, who broke out in 2012 smash Intouchables, stars with Luis Guzman, Algerian actress Biyouna, Julie Ferrier, Franck Gastambide and Diem Ngyen. Another 48 Hrs. co-writer Larry Gross wrote the screenplay.
Davis Films’ Samuel Hadida will produce Belleville Cop with Tessalit Films, and Hadida’s Metropolitan FilmExport will distribute in France in late spring 2018 and holds Us rights.
“We are thrilled...
Patrick Wachsberger and his Lionsgate International team have begun talks with buyers on Rachid Bouchareb’s multi-language action comedy Belleville Cop starring Omar Sy.
Production has begun in Paris on the story of Baaba, a police officer who has refused promotions so he can continue to work in his beloved working class neighbourhood.
When a childhood friend from Miami gets killed after he comes to warn of encroaching drug gangs, Baaba moves to Miami and teams up with a local officer to bring down the criminals.
Sy, who broke out in 2012 smash Intouchables, stars with Luis Guzman, Algerian actress Biyouna, Julie Ferrier, Franck Gastambide and Diem Ngyen. Another 48 Hrs. co-writer Larry Gross wrote the screenplay.
Davis Films’ Samuel Hadida will produce Belleville Cop with Tessalit Films, and Hadida’s Metropolitan FilmExport will distribute in France in late spring 2018 and holds Us rights.
“We are thrilled...
- 5/18/2017
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Omar Sy and Luis Guzman are heading up an international cast for Rachid Bouchareb's action comedy Belleville Cop for Lionsgate.
The Intouchables and Jurassic World star is joined by Luis Guzman (Keanu, We’re the Millers), Algerian actress Biyouna, Cesar-nominated French actress Julie Ferrier (Heartbreaker, Claude Lelouch’s Everyone’s Life), French actor Franck Gastambide and Diem Ngyen. Lionsgate will introduce Belleville Cop, which it is dubbing a multi-language film, to foreign buyers at the Cannes market (the dialogue is a mix of French, English and Spanish).
Sy plays Baaba Keita, who has built his whole life in the working-class Paris neighborhood of...
The Intouchables and Jurassic World star is joined by Luis Guzman (Keanu, We’re the Millers), Algerian actress Biyouna, Cesar-nominated French actress Julie Ferrier (Heartbreaker, Claude Lelouch’s Everyone’s Life), French actor Franck Gastambide and Diem Ngyen. Lionsgate will introduce Belleville Cop, which it is dubbing a multi-language film, to foreign buyers at the Cannes market (the dialogue is a mix of French, English and Spanish).
Sy plays Baaba Keita, who has built his whole life in the working-class Paris neighborhood of...
- 5/18/2017
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lionsgate has boarded international sales on multi-language action comedy Belleville Cop, starring French actor Omar Sy and directed by Rachid Bouchareb. Sy, who starred in French box office hit The Intouchables, is joined by Luis Guzman, Algerian actress Biyouna, Julie Ferrier, Frank Gastambide and Diem Ngyen. Project is currently in production on location in Paris and Miami. Larry Gross is penning the script and Davis Films' Samuel Hadida will produce the title with…...
- 5/18/2017
- Deadline
Au Beaune Pain: Lelouch Continues with Frivolous Comedy Spackle
Somewhere along the way Palme d’Or and Oscar winning auteur Claude Lelouch (1966’s A Man and a Woman) morphed into the Garry Marshall of French film, churning out vapid comedy vehicles sporting a glitzy array of notable Gallic stars. Whenever the slide began, his tendencies to overstuff his narratives with zany layers of (often inconsequential) tangential sub-plotting began years ago, look no further than his 1986 sequel to his most famous film, A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later for longstanding evidence of the change. His later period reflects the stamp of various muses, such as actress Audrey Dana, and now, frequent co-author Valerie Perrin. With 2013’s We Love You, You Bastard and 2015’s Un + Une, Lelouch has become completely divorced from his illustrious past filmography, a chasm only widened by his latest venture, Everybody’s Life, once more featuring Johnny Hallyday and Jean Dujardin amongst a cavalcade of a cast, all whirling through this odd kitchen sink array of miscellaneous characters all inclined to converse about their Zodiac signs as they fall in and out of romantic love or obsessive yearning during a a year’s time in Beaune, France.
As an annual jazz festival gets underway, a slew of characters intersect and coverage in the provincial town of Beaune in the Burgundy region. A judge (Eric Dupond-Moretti) must contend with the news of Clementine’s (Beatrice Dalle) retirement, a local prostitute whose company has brought him great joy since the death of his wife. Meanwhile, his colleague Nathalie (Julie Ferrier) falls out of a window after finding her husband (Gerard Darmon) with another man, sharing an ambulance with a hypochondriac singer (Mathilde Seigner) who believes she is having a heart attack following a performance at the festival. At the same time, a tawdry court case has drawn together another subsection of the community, including the troubled alcoholic Antoine (Christophe Lambert), currently facing the dissolution of his own marriage with his disconsolate wife (Marianne Denicourt) betwixt legal troubles. And as famed singer Johnny Hallyday faces a problem with a slippery doppelganger (who has a tryst with an unhappily married Comtesse played by Elsa Zylberstein, married to Vincent Perez), which causes some confusion with local cop Jean (Jean Dujardin), the marriage between former beauty queen (Nadia Fares) and Stephane (Stephane De Groodt) is also on the rocks. Meanwhile, the local hospital has decided to engage a new policy wherein patients must be put at ease through sexually provocative jokes, which brings a chummy nurse (Deborah Francois) into contact with several patients.
If Max Ophuls had wanted to make La Ronde (1950) into a relationship farce (to be fair, Roger Vadim kind of did this with his remake) set to light jazz, it might look something like Everybody’s Life. However, Lelouch feels as if he filmed his illustrious cast in a number of amusing scenarios and pasted the end results together as he saw fit, clipping it into a semblance of repeated scenarios with revolving characters, all who end up professing their love, being destroyed by it, or simply moving on to another chapter. However, the film is neither subtle nor diverse in its repetitive techniques, and for as entertaining as it is to see Hallyday and Dujardin horse around as they take selfies, the frivolousness quickly gets wearying, particularly by its grand framed finale, where we return to the court room a year later after the film’s beginning, with Lelouch stuffing all his characters, whether it makes sense or not, into the same room.
Gregoire Lacroix assists Perrin, Pierre Uytterhoeven (who co-wrote A Man and a Woman) and Lelouch in this adaptation from his own prose, but Everybody’s Life drifts aimlessly, as if besotted by the presence of its own unlucky in love characters all experiencing the same approximation of discontent. Most of these formulas are tedious, if not forgettable, with a glaring bright spot from Beatrice Dalle as a prostitute who wants nothing more to do with sex or men and relish the retirement she deserves. If somewhat less ungainly than rom-com Un+Une and the loopy We Love You, You Bastard, this isn’t a return to form or an ascension to new heights for Lelouch, try as it might to ‘experiment’ with traditional narrative form.
Reviewed on April 24th at the 2017 Colcoa French Film Festival – Opening Night Film. 113 Mins.
★★½/☆☆☆☆☆
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Somewhere along the way Palme d’Or and Oscar winning auteur Claude Lelouch (1966’s A Man and a Woman) morphed into the Garry Marshall of French film, churning out vapid comedy vehicles sporting a glitzy array of notable Gallic stars. Whenever the slide began, his tendencies to overstuff his narratives with zany layers of (often inconsequential) tangential sub-plotting began years ago, look no further than his 1986 sequel to his most famous film, A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later for longstanding evidence of the change. His later period reflects the stamp of various muses, such as actress Audrey Dana, and now, frequent co-author Valerie Perrin. With 2013’s We Love You, You Bastard and 2015’s Un + Une, Lelouch has become completely divorced from his illustrious past filmography, a chasm only widened by his latest venture, Everybody’s Life, once more featuring Johnny Hallyday and Jean Dujardin amongst a cavalcade of a cast, all whirling through this odd kitchen sink array of miscellaneous characters all inclined to converse about their Zodiac signs as they fall in and out of romantic love or obsessive yearning during a a year’s time in Beaune, France.
As an annual jazz festival gets underway, a slew of characters intersect and coverage in the provincial town of Beaune in the Burgundy region. A judge (Eric Dupond-Moretti) must contend with the news of Clementine’s (Beatrice Dalle) retirement, a local prostitute whose company has brought him great joy since the death of his wife. Meanwhile, his colleague Nathalie (Julie Ferrier) falls out of a window after finding her husband (Gerard Darmon) with another man, sharing an ambulance with a hypochondriac singer (Mathilde Seigner) who believes she is having a heart attack following a performance at the festival. At the same time, a tawdry court case has drawn together another subsection of the community, including the troubled alcoholic Antoine (Christophe Lambert), currently facing the dissolution of his own marriage with his disconsolate wife (Marianne Denicourt) betwixt legal troubles. And as famed singer Johnny Hallyday faces a problem with a slippery doppelganger (who has a tryst with an unhappily married Comtesse played by Elsa Zylberstein, married to Vincent Perez), which causes some confusion with local cop Jean (Jean Dujardin), the marriage between former beauty queen (Nadia Fares) and Stephane (Stephane De Groodt) is also on the rocks. Meanwhile, the local hospital has decided to engage a new policy wherein patients must be put at ease through sexually provocative jokes, which brings a chummy nurse (Deborah Francois) into contact with several patients.
If Max Ophuls had wanted to make La Ronde (1950) into a relationship farce (to be fair, Roger Vadim kind of did this with his remake) set to light jazz, it might look something like Everybody’s Life. However, Lelouch feels as if he filmed his illustrious cast in a number of amusing scenarios and pasted the end results together as he saw fit, clipping it into a semblance of repeated scenarios with revolving characters, all who end up professing their love, being destroyed by it, or simply moving on to another chapter. However, the film is neither subtle nor diverse in its repetitive techniques, and for as entertaining as it is to see Hallyday and Dujardin horse around as they take selfies, the frivolousness quickly gets wearying, particularly by its grand framed finale, where we return to the court room a year later after the film’s beginning, with Lelouch stuffing all his characters, whether it makes sense or not, into the same room.
Gregoire Lacroix assists Perrin, Pierre Uytterhoeven (who co-wrote A Man and a Woman) and Lelouch in this adaptation from his own prose, but Everybody’s Life drifts aimlessly, as if besotted by the presence of its own unlucky in love characters all experiencing the same approximation of discontent. Most of these formulas are tedious, if not forgettable, with a glaring bright spot from Beatrice Dalle as a prostitute who wants nothing more to do with sex or men and relish the retirement she deserves. If somewhat less ungainly than rom-com Un+Une and the loopy We Love You, You Bastard, this isn’t a return to form or an ascension to new heights for Lelouch, try as it might to ‘experiment’ with traditional narrative form.
Reviewed on April 24th at the 2017 Colcoa French Film Festival – Opening Night Film. 113 Mins.
★★½/☆☆☆☆☆
The post Everybody’s Life | 2017 Colcoa French Film Festival Review appeared first on Ioncinema.com.
- 4/28/2017
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Competition films include Alice Lowe’s Prevenge and John Carney’s Sing Street.
The programme and jury for this year’s Dinard British Film Festival (Sept 28 – Oct 2) – the annual celebration of British cinema hosted on the French coast – has been revealed.
Presiding over the 2016 jury will be Oscar-winning French writer and director Claude Lelouch (A Man And A Woman), who will be joined by actor James d’Arcy (Master And Commander), actress and scriptwriter Victoria Bedos (La Famille Bélier), actress Julie Ferrier (Heartbreaker), distributor and producer Eric Lagesse (Beijing Bicycle), actor and director Jalil Lespert (Human Resources), actress Anne Parillaud (La Femme Nikita), producer Colin Vaines (Coriolanus), actor Phil Davis (Notes On A Scandal), and actress Florence Thomassin (Mesrine).
Among the festival’s industry events will be a round table discussion titled Brexit… What next? Following a screening of documentary Versus, The Life And Films Of Ken Loach, proceedings will be led by regular Ken Loach producer...
The programme and jury for this year’s Dinard British Film Festival (Sept 28 – Oct 2) – the annual celebration of British cinema hosted on the French coast – has been revealed.
Presiding over the 2016 jury will be Oscar-winning French writer and director Claude Lelouch (A Man And A Woman), who will be joined by actor James d’Arcy (Master And Commander), actress and scriptwriter Victoria Bedos (La Famille Bélier), actress Julie Ferrier (Heartbreaker), distributor and producer Eric Lagesse (Beijing Bicycle), actor and director Jalil Lespert (Human Resources), actress Anne Parillaud (La Femme Nikita), producer Colin Vaines (Coriolanus), actor Phil Davis (Notes On A Scandal), and actress Florence Thomassin (Mesrine).
Among the festival’s industry events will be a round table discussion titled Brexit… What next? Following a screening of documentary Versus, The Life And Films Of Ken Loach, proceedings will be led by regular Ken Loach producer...
- 9/20/2016
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
Luis Guzman, Edgar Garcia, Rosario Dawson, Rosie Perez, Miriam Shor, Lilou Fogli, Julie Ferrier, Charlotte Mangel, Frederic Ansombre, and others star in the comedy "Puerto Ricans in Paris" - a USA/France/Czech Republic co-production directed by Ian Edelman (HBO’s "How to Make It in America"), with a story that follows 2 detectives working in NYPD’s Luxury Goods Recovery Unit, who are responsible for taking down bootleggers selling knockoff consumer items. The 2 cops are played by Luiz Guzmán and Edgar Garcia, a series regular on "How to Make It in America." The pair is sent to Paris to help a French designer recover a bag that is of some...
- 4/29/2016
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
A particularly hard type of film about which to write critically is the comedy of modest ambition that achieves its aim with an acceptable amount of appeal in playing, gags, plot, and outlook, but little more. One does not wish to criticize for not being more (not least as so many are so less), nor to overpraise its slight achievements, leaving one mostly in the territory of reportage, rather than critical appraisal. Which is a way of saying that such a film is Puerto Ricans in Paris, a perfectly inoffensive, oftentimes smile-raising fish-out-of-water/culture-clash comedy that does what it aims to do pretty much without fault.
The Puerto Ricans in question are Luis (Luis Guzmán) and Eddie (Edgar Garcia, like Guzmán, a regular on director Ian Edelman’s HBO series “How To Make It In America), and they play well together – Guzmán furrows his brow a lot, and Garcia is like a nice,...
The Puerto Ricans in question are Luis (Luis Guzmán) and Eddie (Edgar Garcia, like Guzmán, a regular on director Ian Edelman’s HBO series “How To Make It In America), and they play well together – Guzmán furrows his brow a lot, and Garcia is like a nice,...
- 6/18/2015
- by Tom Newth
- SoundOnSight
In her loose adaptation of Rachel Cusk's novel Arlington Park, which is set in the London suburbs, Czajka offers the daily lives of three other women from the neighborhood to contrast with Juliette. The most significant difference is that Thomas does not make enough income to permit Juliette the luxury of being a more stereotypical housewife like Betty (Julie Ferrier), Marianne (Natacha Régnier) and Inès (Helena Noguerra). So while Juliette stresses about finding a suitable job, preferably at a publishing house, Betty, Marianne and Inès enjoy breakfast croissants and a trip to an upscale shopping mall (one with passcode-protected bathrooms and a classical pianist in the atrium). Regardless of their apparent lack of responsibilities, Betty, Marianne and Inès still find ways to manufacture stress for their lives, which is debatably similar to how Juliette brings the stress of the dinner party on herself.
- 4/3/2014
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Each week within this column we strive to pair the latest in theatrical releases to the worthwhile titles currently available on Netflix Instant Watch.
This week Captain Jack returns to theaters to face off against – well, no one really…That’s right. Not one single studio feature wanted to do battle with Pirates 4 at the box office. Happily a trio of new features will be opening in limited release, including the latest from Woody Allen, an African-American ensemble dramedy, and documentary about the power of slam poetry. And as always, if you’re keen to take the gasps, laughs, love, and real-world drama home – we’ve got you covered.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
In this high seas adventure, Captain Jack (Johnny Depp) joins forces with his old foe Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) to uncover the legendary Fountain of Youth. But these unlikely allies find a new enemy...
This week Captain Jack returns to theaters to face off against – well, no one really…That’s right. Not one single studio feature wanted to do battle with Pirates 4 at the box office. Happily a trio of new features will be opening in limited release, including the latest from Woody Allen, an African-American ensemble dramedy, and documentary about the power of slam poetry. And as always, if you’re keen to take the gasps, laughs, love, and real-world drama home – we’ve got you covered.
—
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
In this high seas adventure, Captain Jack (Johnny Depp) joins forces with his old foe Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) to uncover the legendary Fountain of Youth. But these unlikely allies find a new enemy...
- 5/19/2011
- by Kristy Puchko
- The Film Stage
Reviewer: James Van Maanen
Rating (out of 5): ***½
The reputation the French have for creating romantic comedy non pareil is well-deserved. In the last few years alone, we've had sophisticated charmers from Shall We Kiss to Priceless to Après vous. Now comes yet another, sporting a knock-out premise that is so original that it almost makes it impossible for the movie to live up to its nifty/nasty concept. That it finally does is due as much to the mysterious workings of chemistry between actors (Romain Duris and Vanessa Paradis) and the talent of new director Pascal Chaumeil (pronounced Show-may), as to the film's very funny and unusual script.
I’ll not give away, plot-wise, even that very smart premise -- and, yes, it is tempting to talk about. Instead, be content with knowing that Heartbreaker (L'arnacoeur) involves a dashing and sexy young man (Duris), his nifty sister (Julie Ferrier...
Rating (out of 5): ***½
The reputation the French have for creating romantic comedy non pareil is well-deserved. In the last few years alone, we've had sophisticated charmers from Shall We Kiss to Priceless to Après vous. Now comes yet another, sporting a knock-out premise that is so original that it almost makes it impossible for the movie to live up to its nifty/nasty concept. That it finally does is due as much to the mysterious workings of chemistry between actors (Romain Duris and Vanessa Paradis) and the talent of new director Pascal Chaumeil (pronounced Show-may), as to the film's very funny and unusual script.
I’ll not give away, plot-wise, even that very smart premise -- and, yes, it is tempting to talk about. Instead, be content with knowing that Heartbreaker (L'arnacoeur) involves a dashing and sexy young man (Duris), his nifty sister (Julie Ferrier...
- 1/24/2011
- by underdog
- GreenCine
Xavier Beauvois' "Of Gods and Men" dominated the nominations of the 36th Annual Cesar Awards, the French equivalent of the Oscars. "Of Gods" received 11 nominations total and will compete against Heartbreaker (L'Arnacoeur), Gainsbourg (Vie Heroique), Mammuth, Le Nom Des Gens, The Ghost Writer, and On Tour for Best Film.
The Social Network, Invictus, Inception, Illegal, The Secret In Their Eyes, Bright Star, and Les Amours Imaginaires will duke it out for the Best Foreign Film category.
Jodie Foster will preside over the ceremony and Quentin Tarantino will be given an honorary Cesar award. The 36th Annual Cesar Awards will be held on Feb. 25th.
Here is the full list of nominees:
Best Film
Heartbreaker (L'Arnacoeur), dir: Pascal Chaumeil
Of Gods and Men (Des Hommes Et Des Dieu), dir: Xavier Beauvois
Gainsbourg (Vie Heroique), dir: Joann Sfar
Mammuth, dir: Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern
Le Nom Des Gens, dir: Michel Leclerc
The Ghost Writer,...
The Social Network, Invictus, Inception, Illegal, The Secret In Their Eyes, Bright Star, and Les Amours Imaginaires will duke it out for the Best Foreign Film category.
Jodie Foster will preside over the ceremony and Quentin Tarantino will be given an honorary Cesar award. The 36th Annual Cesar Awards will be held on Feb. 25th.
Here is the full list of nominees:
Best Film
Heartbreaker (L'Arnacoeur), dir: Pascal Chaumeil
Of Gods and Men (Des Hommes Et Des Dieu), dir: Xavier Beauvois
Gainsbourg (Vie Heroique), dir: Joann Sfar
Mammuth, dir: Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern
Le Nom Des Gens, dir: Michel Leclerc
The Ghost Writer,...
- 1/21/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The nominations for this year’s César Awards (France’s Oscar equivalent) has been announced. In addition the awards ceremony has also chosen Quentin Tarantino as the recipient of the ceremony’s honorary award. Alain Terzian, the president of the Académie des arts et techniques du cinéma announced at a press conference this morning confirmed that the director would be present to ick up his award in person.
It is also worth noting that there are three American movies among the seven nominees for Best Foreign Film: Inception, The Social Network and perhaps the biggest surprise, Invictus.
The 36th edition of the Césars will take place on February 25 in Paris.
Here’s the full list of nominees:
Best Movie
L’arnacoeur by Pascal Chaumeil
Le nom des gens by Michel Leclerc
The Ghost Writer by Roman Polanski
Tournée by Mathieu Amalric
Des Hommes et des Dieux by Xavier Beauvois
Gainsbourg...
It is also worth noting that there are three American movies among the seven nominees for Best Foreign Film: Inception, The Social Network and perhaps the biggest surprise, Invictus.
The 36th edition of the Césars will take place on February 25 in Paris.
Here’s the full list of nominees:
Best Movie
L’arnacoeur by Pascal Chaumeil
Le nom des gens by Michel Leclerc
The Ghost Writer by Roman Polanski
Tournée by Mathieu Amalric
Des Hommes et des Dieux by Xavier Beauvois
Gainsbourg...
- 1/21/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Three U.S. films are among the seven nominees for best foreign film in this year’s César Awards, France’s version of the Oscars. Meanwhile, American director Quentin Tarantino has been selected to receive an honorary award and will be at the Feb. 25 ceremony in Paris to accept it, it was announced Friday.
The three American films cited by the Académie des arts et techniques du cinema are Christopher Nolan’s “Inception,” David Fincher’s “The Social Network” and Clint Eastwood’s “Invictus,” an Oscar contender in the States last year.
Xavier Beauvois’ “Of Gods and Men” (“Des hommes et des Dieux”) — not one of the nine films still in contention for the best foreign film Oscar — leads with 10 nominations, while Roman Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer” and Joann Sfar’s “Gainsbourg” (“Vie Héroïque”) are also nominated in multiple categories.
Presiding over this year’s awards is American actress and director Jodie Foster.
The three American films cited by the Académie des arts et techniques du cinema are Christopher Nolan’s “Inception,” David Fincher’s “The Social Network” and Clint Eastwood’s “Invictus,” an Oscar contender in the States last year.
Xavier Beauvois’ “Of Gods and Men” (“Des hommes et des Dieux”) — not one of the nine films still in contention for the best foreign film Oscar — leads with 10 nominations, while Roman Polanski’s “The Ghost Writer” and Joann Sfar’s “Gainsbourg” (“Vie Héroïque”) are also nominated in multiple categories.
Presiding over this year’s awards is American actress and director Jodie Foster.
- 1/21/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Hitting movie theaters this weekend:
The Dilemma – Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder
The Green Hornet – Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Christoph Waltz
The Heart Specialist – Wood Harris, Zoe Saldana, Brian J. White (limited)
Movie of the Week
The Green Hornet
The Stars: Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Christoph Waltz
The Plot: Following the death of his father, Britt Reid (Rogen) teams up with his late father’s assistant Kato to become a masked crime fighting team.
The Buzz: This looks to be an off-weekend for Hollywood. The Green Hornet is the ‘Movie of the Week’ only because I’m in the mood to rant, and because I don’t want to rant about the latest Vince Vaughn romcom, and because I know absolutely zippo about The Heart Specialist.
So…
I believe The Green Hornet will likely be the ‘B.O. Bomb of the Week.’ Based on its horrible trailer,...
The Dilemma – Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder
The Green Hornet – Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Christoph Waltz
The Heart Specialist – Wood Harris, Zoe Saldana, Brian J. White (limited)
Movie of the Week
The Green Hornet
The Stars: Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Christoph Waltz
The Plot: Following the death of his father, Britt Reid (Rogen) teams up with his late father’s assistant Kato to become a masked crime fighting team.
The Buzz: This looks to be an off-weekend for Hollywood. The Green Hornet is the ‘Movie of the Week’ only because I’m in the mood to rant, and because I don’t want to rant about the latest Vince Vaughn romcom, and because I know absolutely zippo about The Heart Specialist.
So…
I believe The Green Hornet will likely be the ‘B.O. Bomb of the Week.’ Based on its horrible trailer,...
- 1/12/2011
- by Aaron Ruffcorn
- The Scorecard Review
DVD Playhouse December 2010
By
Allen Gardner
America Lost And Found: The Bbs Story (Criterion) Perhaps the best DVD box set released this year, this ultimate cinefile stocking stuffer offered up by Criterion, the Rolls-Royce of home video labels, features seven seminal works from the late ‘60s-early ‘70s that were brought to life by cutting edge producers Bert Schneider, Steve Blauner and director/producer Bob Rafelson, the principals of Bbs Productions. In chronological order: Head (1968) star the Monkees, the manufactured (by Rafelson, et al), American answer to the Beatles who, like it or not, did make an impact on popular culture, particularly in this utterly surreal piece of cinematic anarchy (co-written by Jack Nicholson, who has a cameo), which was largely dismissed upon its initial release, but is now regarded as a counterculture classic. Easy Rider (1969) is arguably regarded as the seminal ‘60s picture, about two hippie drug dealers (director Dennis Hopper...
By
Allen Gardner
America Lost And Found: The Bbs Story (Criterion) Perhaps the best DVD box set released this year, this ultimate cinefile stocking stuffer offered up by Criterion, the Rolls-Royce of home video labels, features seven seminal works from the late ‘60s-early ‘70s that were brought to life by cutting edge producers Bert Schneider, Steve Blauner and director/producer Bob Rafelson, the principals of Bbs Productions. In chronological order: Head (1968) star the Monkees, the manufactured (by Rafelson, et al), American answer to the Beatles who, like it or not, did make an impact on popular culture, particularly in this utterly surreal piece of cinematic anarchy (co-written by Jack Nicholson, who has a cameo), which was largely dismissed upon its initial release, but is now regarded as a counterculture classic. Easy Rider (1969) is arguably regarded as the seminal ‘60s picture, about two hippie drug dealers (director Dennis Hopper...
- 12/20/2010
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Micmacs is a very difficult film to categorize. It’s much like a live action cartoon with an anti-gun message. Micmacs is a heist film, populated with oddball characters battling gangsters in France. Writer/Director Jean Pierre Jeunet (Who directed the excellent Amelie and the dreadful Alien: Resurrection) has created a comical version of the Losers with social commentary. Imagine an episode of Leverage starring the Loony Toon characters and you’ve got the idea.
This unique example of farcical French cinema bounces along, unhindered by logic, forcing you to accept its absurdist style and suspend all disbelief. The original title Micmac a Tire Larigot means “Non-stop madness”, which is an appropriate title for this art-house oddity.
Bazil (Dany Boon) has had his life ruined by weapons. His father was killed by a landmine in Morocco, which caused his mother to have a mental break down and Bazil was brought up in an orphanage.
This unique example of farcical French cinema bounces along, unhindered by logic, forcing you to accept its absurdist style and suspend all disbelief. The original title Micmac a Tire Larigot means “Non-stop madness”, which is an appropriate title for this art-house oddity.
Bazil (Dany Boon) has had his life ruined by weapons. His father was killed by a landmine in Morocco, which caused his mother to have a mental break down and Bazil was brought up in an orphanage.
- 12/15/2010
- by Rob Young
- JustPressPlay.net
This Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. Exit Through The Gift Shop Describing the engrossing, frequently hilarious Banksy-directed Exit Through the Gift Shop as one of the best story-driven documentaries I've ever seen would almost certainly be misleading, as its veracity has been a point of contention since its Sundance premiere. To delve into the topic further would require detailing plot details that I'd be remiss to give away, so I'll just say this: The strength of the film is that whether or not it's authentic doesn't matter. The ultimate take-away from the picture comes from a place of complete truth, and that truth only resonates in the way that it does because the story was told in this form. Not only does...
- 12/15/2010
- by Adam Quigley
- Slash Film
Starring: Jamel Debbouze, Dany Boon, Andre Dussollier, Julie Ferrier
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
The Scoop: Bazil (Boon) is a kindhearted video store clerk coming to terms with the long-ago freak accident that killed his dad. After a chance meeting with a stray bullet, Bazil is unemployed, broke and ready to seek revenge on the weapons manufacturer responsible for his bad luck. With the help of an otherworldly crew of misfits only Jeunet could invent – and with a level of whimsy only Jeunet could pull off — Bazil wages war on the munitions makers. Sacré bleu.
Special Features: Commentary, featurettes
Rated R, 105 min. | Watch the trailer...
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
The Scoop: Bazil (Boon) is a kindhearted video store clerk coming to terms with the long-ago freak accident that killed his dad. After a chance meeting with a stray bullet, Bazil is unemployed, broke and ready to seek revenge on the weapons manufacturer responsible for his bad luck. With the help of an otherworldly crew of misfits only Jeunet could invent – and with a level of whimsy only Jeunet could pull off — Bazil wages war on the munitions makers. Sacré bleu.
Special Features: Commentary, featurettes
Rated R, 105 min. | Watch the trailer...
- 12/14/2010
- by NextMovie Staff
- NextMovie
Chicago – Can a movie be too creative? Jean-Pierre Jeunet tests this theory with his ridiculously over-the-top “Micmacs,” a clever film that is almost too polished and refined to be effective. Of course, it looks great on Blu-ray but this giant Jeunet fan can’t help but think his style has finally trumped his substance.
Blu-Ray Rating: 3.0/5.0
As much fun as it can be, there are elements of “Micmacs” that simply don’t work. But would we feel the same way if it were a debut? Is it disappointing only in light of “Amelie,” “Delicatessen,” and “The City of Lost Children”? Film doesn’t exist in a vacuum and it’s impossible to ignore the fact that while this film is masterfully-designed, it’s lesser compared to its auteur’s previous works. Still, lesser Jeunet is still pretty quality in entertainment, especially in HD.
Micmacs will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on December 14th,...
Blu-Ray Rating: 3.0/5.0
As much fun as it can be, there are elements of “Micmacs” that simply don’t work. But would we feel the same way if it were a debut? Is it disappointing only in light of “Amelie,” “Delicatessen,” and “The City of Lost Children”? Film doesn’t exist in a vacuum and it’s impossible to ignore the fact that while this film is masterfully-designed, it’s lesser compared to its auteur’s previous works. Still, lesser Jeunet is still pretty quality in entertainment, especially in HD.
Micmacs will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on December 14th,...
- 12/14/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
A look at what's new on DVD today:
"Gasland" (2010)
Directed by Josh Fox
Released by New Video Group
"Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work"
Directed by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg
Released by Mpi Home Video
"Exit Through the Gift Shop" (2010)
Directed by Banksy
Released by Oscilloscope Laboratories
If you haven't caught up on the year's best documentaries in time to fill out your top 10 list, three of them will be hitting DVD shelves this week, beginning with Josh Fox's Sundance award-winning "Gasland," an exploration of the "hydraulic fracturing" going on in own backyard, a type of drilling that has spread to 34 states in the U.S. and has left a host of reservoirs of toxic waste and frequent gas explosions along the way. For something less serious, but equally compelling, there is also Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg's "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work," which follows the...
"Gasland" (2010)
Directed by Josh Fox
Released by New Video Group
"Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work"
Directed by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg
Released by Mpi Home Video
"Exit Through the Gift Shop" (2010)
Directed by Banksy
Released by Oscilloscope Laboratories
If you haven't caught up on the year's best documentaries in time to fill out your top 10 list, three of them will be hitting DVD shelves this week, beginning with Josh Fox's Sundance award-winning "Gasland," an exploration of the "hydraulic fracturing" going on in own backyard, a type of drilling that has spread to 34 states in the U.S. and has left a host of reservoirs of toxic waste and frequent gas explosions along the way. For something less serious, but equally compelling, there is also Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg's "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work," which follows the...
- 12/12/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
The French Embassy in India and Unifrance, today hosted a special screening at Metro Cinema for the movie .Heartbreaker. starring . Vanessa Paridis, Romain Duris and Julie Ferrier . to celebrate the launch of .3rd Rendez-vous With French Cinema In India.. The highlight of the evening was the French Glitterati walking the red carpet . Actress of .Heartbreaker. Julie Ferrier, François Ozon (Director of Potiche), Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre (President of Unifrance), Régine Hatchondo (General Manager of Unifrance), Jérôme Seydoux (Chairman of Pathé. The carpet sizzled when the famed actress Kristin Scott Thomas strutted in her stunning gown. .Heartbreaker. releases in India by February 2011 and will be distributed by PictureWorks in IndiaThe event also saw a host of cinema enthusiasts like Milind Soman, Rakesh Om Prakash Mehra, Sudhir Mishra, Sonali Kulkarni, Simone Singh, Lillete & Ira Dubey amongst others.The festival seeks to establish an exhilarating platform for showcasing the various facets of French contemporary cinema in India,...
- 12/5/2010
- Filmicafe
Heartbreaker (2010) is directed by Pascal Chaumeil and starring Romain Duris, Vanessa Paradis, Julie Ferrier, François Damiens, Héléna Noguerra, Andrew Lincoln, Jacques Frantz and Amandine Dewasmes. Pascal Chaumeil’s debut feature calls for an addendum to the inventory of French superiority over the English. Alongside charm, sophistication, elegance, fashion, food, poetry, art, and bedroom skills, now find: well made, unashamedly commercial romantic-comedies. Heartbreaker exhibits a derivative concept, a predictable arc and a straightforward execution that somehow amounts to a film that, in its better moments, is exotic, glamorous, engaging and funny. If it had been British it would’ve been a mess. But it’s not. It’s French, and it’s got Vanessa Paradis and Romain Duris in it.
- 11/20/2010
- by Joe Fraser
- Pure Movies
“Heartbreaker” (Dir. Pascal Chaumeil, 2010) “My name is Alex Lippi – I break up couples for a living.” So says the dapper Romain Duris at the beginning of this French high concept rom com. The high concept being that Duris, his sister (Julie Ferrier), and her husband (François Damiens) run a business designed to break up relationships. We are given a tour of their methods which involve monitoring their targets through surveillance with Duris working his charms on them in a montage in which we see the master manipulator using the same lines and pushing...
- 10/3/2010
- by Daniel Johnson, Raleigh Indie Movie Examiner
- Examiner Movies Channel
The new French comedy Heartbreaker centers on Alex Lippi (Romain Duris), who makes his living by stopping upcoming marriages. He runs his business with his sister and brother-in-law and is hired by family members (usually wealthy father of the brides) and friends of women stuck in relationships with men that they don’t approve of. Alex has his principles; he won’t step in if he believes his target and her man are truly well matched, and he never gets romantically involved with these women that he’s distracting because he makes them believe he’s too unstable to cope with a relationship. You can probably see where this is going; naturally, he falls into an assignment that makes him change his mind and that comes in the form of Juliette (Vanessa Paradis), the daughter of a connected businessman who doesn’t want her to marry her fiance. Alex poses...
- 9/28/2010
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Chicago – If there’s one genre Hollywood has managed to screw up beyond all recognition, it’s the romantic comedy. Many of the worst films in recent years have brought the genre to an all-time low, such as “Leap Year,” “Love Happens,” and anything starring Gerard Butler. These dumbed-down products use stereotypes in place of characters, incessant sparring in place of chemistry and gooey sentiment in place of a tangible heart.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
That’s what makes “Heartbreaker” such a delight. Though the film is a hit comedy from France, it absolutely does not (and should not) warrant an American remake. First-time feature director Pascal Chaumeil has crafted a film so slick and enjoyable, not to mention pop-culture savvy, that it could easily win over mainstream audiences in the U.S., regardless of its subtitles. Plus the film provides an ideal showcase for two stars armed with formidable international appeal. It...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
That’s what makes “Heartbreaker” such a delight. Though the film is a hit comedy from France, it absolutely does not (and should not) warrant an American remake. First-time feature director Pascal Chaumeil has crafted a film so slick and enjoyable, not to mention pop-culture savvy, that it could easily win over mainstream audiences in the U.S., regardless of its subtitles. Plus the film provides an ideal showcase for two stars armed with formidable international appeal. It...
- 9/17/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
James Bond meets Don Juan in this charming French romantic comedy from first-time feature filmmaker Pascal Chaumeil. In screenwriter Laurent Zeitoun’s clever conceit, Alex (Romain Duris) breaks hearts for a living. That is, he’s hired by parents, siblings and friends of women in lousy relationships to open their eyes to the possibilities of romance and split with the jerks they’re currently dating. With his master-of-disguise sister Mélanie (Julie Ferrier) and technical-expert brother-in-law Marc (François Damiens), Alex orchestrates complex deceptions involving costumes, surveillance and his natural good looks. There are rules: They never break up a couple for racial or religious reasons, and they only intervene when the woman is unhappy.
But when money grows tight and Alex’s debts come due, the heartbreakers take on a mission impossible: break up dream couple Juliette (Vanessa Paradis) and Jonathan (Andrew Lincoln) 10 days before their Moroccan wedding. It’s a...
But when money grows tight and Alex’s debts come due, the heartbreakers take on a mission impossible: break up dream couple Juliette (Vanessa Paradis) and Jonathan (Andrew Lincoln) 10 days before their Moroccan wedding. It’s a...
- 9/13/2010
- Moving Pictures Magazine
French television director Pascal Chaumeil offers up his first feature length film, Heartbreaker, a film distributed by Universal Pictures and what looked like had potential to be a smart romantic comedy. Unfortunately, it was not as good as I was hoping and quickly turned into a predictable and lazy narrative structure.
The film follows Alex Lippi (played by Romain Duris), a man whose profession is to break up couples with the assistance of his sister and her husband. When they are hired by a rich businessman to break up the relationship between his daughter, Juliette Van Der Becq (played by Vanessa Paradis), and her British millionaire fiancée in a week, they immediately take on the job when they realise that they need over fifty thousand Euros to pay the debt of their company. However, when Alex poses as Juliette’s bodyguard, he soon starts to fall in love with her.
The film follows Alex Lippi (played by Romain Duris), a man whose profession is to break up couples with the assistance of his sister and her husband. When they are hired by a rich businessman to break up the relationship between his daughter, Juliette Van Der Becq (played by Vanessa Paradis), and her British millionaire fiancée in a week, they immediately take on the job when they realise that they need over fifty thousand Euros to pay the debt of their company. However, when Alex poses as Juliette’s bodyguard, he soon starts to fall in love with her.
- 9/11/2010
- by Martyn Warren
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Despite a wicked grin and a thicket of curls that makes the ladies swoon, Romain Duris has mostly avoided being cast in the role he was ready made for, so obvious it's the title of his latest film "Heartbreaker." Yet while it is a rare romantic comedy role for star better known for dramas such as "Paris" and "The Beat My Heart Skipped," it is a film that makes good use of Duris' status as one of France's most versatile actors. In it, he masquerades as a gospel singer, a construction worker, a Benihana chef, and a skyscraper window washer, among other guises, to infiltrate the lives of women in bad relationships, at the behest of their exes, friends and immediate family and bust them free to find love elsewhere. But even with two crack sidekicks ("Micmacs"' Julie Ferrier and François Damiens) at his command to find vulnerabilities to play upon,...
- 9/5/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Review originally published on March 18, 2010 as part of our SXSW coverage.
Favored French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Delicatessen, Amelie) returns to delight audiences once again with Micmacs, his sixth feature film. Astounding visuals are abundant, washing the screen an alluring aura of cinematography. What sets Micmacs apart is its unabashedly comical nature, drawing influence from the silent masters. A love of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin is clearly present, making Micmacs a whimsically wild ride.
Danny Boon (The Valet) plays Bazil, an unlucky man. As a boy, Bazil.s father was killed when a landmine exploded. His father was attempting to dispose of the explosive device. Now a grown man, Bazil works a simple job in a little video rental shop. On one otherwise normal and eventless day, a stray bullet ricochet.s into Bazil.s shop and plunks him in the head. Fortunate to survive, the doctors flip a coin...
Favored French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Delicatessen, Amelie) returns to delight audiences once again with Micmacs, his sixth feature film. Astounding visuals are abundant, washing the screen an alluring aura of cinematography. What sets Micmacs apart is its unabashedly comical nature, drawing influence from the silent masters. A love of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin is clearly present, making Micmacs a whimsically wild ride.
Danny Boon (The Valet) plays Bazil, an unlucky man. As a boy, Bazil.s father was killed when a landmine exploded. His father was attempting to dispose of the explosive device. Now a grown man, Bazil works a simple job in a little video rental shop. On one otherwise normal and eventless day, a stray bullet ricochet.s into Bazil.s shop and plunks him in the head. Fortunate to survive, the doctors flip a coin...
- 7/16/2010
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics
Micmacs has been slowly releasing across the U.S. since the beginning of 2010. The French film from director Jean-Pierre Jeunet has a comedic vibe from the 1970s. Initially, the flick carried a tone similar to The Pink Panther movies starring the late Peter Sellers. Not the remake with Steve Martin. That would be insulting to Micmacs.
As the 105 minute feature went on, it leaves the realm of The Pink Panther and transitions into a bumbling Ocean's Eleven skit. Though not as polished, entertaining, and developed as the cast led by Clooney and Pitt. Micmacs did have its moments using clever characters. The whole theme of the flick bought into the saying of, "One man's junk is another man's treasure."
Bazil (Dany Boon) is a video store clerk who witnesses a shootout in front of his store. One of the bullets just happen to pierce his...
Micmacs has been slowly releasing across the U.S. since the beginning of 2010. The French film from director Jean-Pierre Jeunet has a comedic vibe from the 1970s. Initially, the flick carried a tone similar to The Pink Panther movies starring the late Peter Sellers. Not the remake with Steve Martin. That would be insulting to Micmacs.
As the 105 minute feature went on, it leaves the realm of The Pink Panther and transitions into a bumbling Ocean's Eleven skit. Though not as polished, entertaining, and developed as the cast led by Clooney and Pitt. Micmacs did have its moments using clever characters. The whole theme of the flick bought into the saying of, "One man's junk is another man's treasure."
Bazil (Dany Boon) is a video store clerk who witnesses a shootout in front of his store. One of the bullets just happen to pierce his...
- 7/13/2010
- Tampa Film Examiner
Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics
Micmacs has been slowly releasing across the U.S. since the beginning of 2010. The French film from director Jean-Pierre Jeunet has a comedic vibe from the 1970s. Initially, the flick carried a tone similar to The Pink Panther movies starring the late Peter Sellers. Not the remake with Steve Martin. That would be insulting to Micmacs.
As the 105 minute feature went on, it leaves the realm of The Pink Panther and transitions into a bumbling Ocean's Eleven skit. Though not as polished, entertaining, and developed as the cast led by Clooney and Pitt. Micmacs did have its moments using clever characters. The whole theme of the flick bought into the saying of, "One man's junk is another man's treasure."
Bazil (Dany Boon) is a video store clerk who witnesses a shootout in front of his store. One of the bullets just happen to pierce his...
Micmacs has been slowly releasing across the U.S. since the beginning of 2010. The French film from director Jean-Pierre Jeunet has a comedic vibe from the 1970s. Initially, the flick carried a tone similar to The Pink Panther movies starring the late Peter Sellers. Not the remake with Steve Martin. That would be insulting to Micmacs.
As the 105 minute feature went on, it leaves the realm of The Pink Panther and transitions into a bumbling Ocean's Eleven skit. Though not as polished, entertaining, and developed as the cast led by Clooney and Pitt. Micmacs did have its moments using clever characters. The whole theme of the flick bought into the saying of, "One man's junk is another man's treasure."
Bazil (Dany Boon) is a video store clerk who witnesses a shootout in front of his store. One of the bullets just happen to pierce his...
- 7/13/2010
- Tampa Film Examiner
Shrek Forever After (U)
(Mike Mitchell, 2010, Us)
Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy. 93 mins.
Like us, Shrek yearns for the good old days here, and – somewhat tellingly – the premise finds the green ogre trying to regain his former fearsome edge. Instead, he gets tricked into an alternate reality where he basically has to re-enact the first film all over again. In some ways, such familiarity is a strength as much as a weakness, and it's nice to see these characters again. Compared to the Toy Story trilogy, though, Shrek is merely The Flintstones to Pixar's Simpsons; fun enough, but really no match.
White Material (15)
(Claire Denis, 2009, Fra/Cam)
Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Lambert, Isaach De Bankolé. 106 mins.
After the touchy-feely 35 Shots Of Rum, Denis switches to stronger medicine with a sparse evocation of wartorn west Africa. Huppert is a defiant colonial matriarch striving to keep her family and plantation together.
CrimeFighters (Nc)
(Miles Watts,...
(Mike Mitchell, 2010, Us)
Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy. 93 mins.
Like us, Shrek yearns for the good old days here, and – somewhat tellingly – the premise finds the green ogre trying to regain his former fearsome edge. Instead, he gets tricked into an alternate reality where he basically has to re-enact the first film all over again. In some ways, such familiarity is a strength as much as a weakness, and it's nice to see these characters again. Compared to the Toy Story trilogy, though, Shrek is merely The Flintstones to Pixar's Simpsons; fun enough, but really no match.
White Material (15)
(Claire Denis, 2009, Fra/Cam)
Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Lambert, Isaach De Bankolé. 106 mins.
After the touchy-feely 35 Shots Of Rum, Denis switches to stronger medicine with a sparse evocation of wartorn west Africa. Huppert is a defiant colonial matriarch striving to keep her family and plantation together.
CrimeFighters (Nc)
(Miles Watts,...
- 7/2/2010
- by Steve Rose, Damon Wise
- The Guardian - Film News
It shouldn't work. A romcom that weaves in Dirty Dancing? Why then, Luke Savage, is Heartbreaker one of the best films in the genre in some time?
I really wasn't expecting to like Heartbreaker so much. Which isn't to say that I don't go into movies with an open mind. I really do, honestly. (I've been hurt before, I won't lie. I took my Dad to see Street Fighter back in 1994, convinced it couldn't be that bad, and I don't think he's ever recovered. Although it does mean that every movie since has been pretty good in comparison.He loved Eraser.)
But the press notes for Heartbreaker, describing it as a film worthy of entering the romcom hall of fame and filled with "breath-taking romance", filled me with zero confidence. Especially after watching Failure To Launch the other week.
The term ‘romcom' is as much a warning sign as it...
I really wasn't expecting to like Heartbreaker so much. Which isn't to say that I don't go into movies with an open mind. I really do, honestly. (I've been hurt before, I won't lie. I took my Dad to see Street Fighter back in 1994, convinced it couldn't be that bad, and I don't think he's ever recovered. Although it does mean that every movie since has been pretty good in comparison.He loved Eraser.)
But the press notes for Heartbreaker, describing it as a film worthy of entering the romcom hall of fame and filled with "breath-taking romance", filled me with zero confidence. Especially after watching Failure To Launch the other week.
The term ‘romcom' is as much a warning sign as it...
- 6/29/2010
- Den of Geek
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Writer: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillaume Laurent Starring: Dany Boon, Dominique Pinon, François Berléand, Albert Dupontel The year is 1979, Bazil’s (Dany Boon) father is blown to bloody bits while dismantling a mine in the Sahara (this ain’t no Hurt Locker); his mother subsequently has a complete mental breakdown. Next, Bazil escapes from a repressive Catholic orphanage. We find him years later, now an unabashed cinephile (ala Quentin Tarantino), working as a clerk in a video store. One night while mimicking the The Big Sleep verbatim, Bazil is caught in the crossfire of a shootout. At this moment, we dissolve into the opening credits of what seems to be a film within a film. (Is Bazil dead? In which case…is everything else all a dream?) With a bullet lodged in his head, Bazil’s surgeon is left with two options: remove the bullet (reducing Bazil to a...
- 6/25/2010
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Here’s a new French movie that I’d not heard of until earlier this week, The Heartbreaker. It stars Romain Duris, Vanessa Paradis, Julie Ferrier, François Damiens and is directed by Pascal Chaumeil.
Revolver Entertainment have sent us the trailer, a poster and some images from the movie whcih is released in the UK July 2nd.
Synopsis: Heartbreaker stars actress, singer and fashion muse Vanessa Paradis alongside Romain Duris (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) and Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually, This Life.) Taking a staggering 1.7 million admissions on its opening weekend in France, the film marks Pascal Chaumeil’s directorial debut.
Meet Alex (Duris). He’s charming, funny, effortlessly cool, and most importantly, irresistible to women. Alex offers a professional service – to break up relationships. In just a few weeks, for a fee equivalent to his reputation, he promises to transform any husband, fiancé or boyfriend into an ex.
Revolver Entertainment have sent us the trailer, a poster and some images from the movie whcih is released in the UK July 2nd.
Synopsis: Heartbreaker stars actress, singer and fashion muse Vanessa Paradis alongside Romain Duris (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) and Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually, This Life.) Taking a staggering 1.7 million admissions on its opening weekend in France, the film marks Pascal Chaumeil’s directorial debut.
Meet Alex (Duris). He’s charming, funny, effortlessly cool, and most importantly, irresistible to women. Alex offers a professional service – to break up relationships. In just a few weeks, for a fee equivalent to his reputation, he promises to transform any husband, fiancé or boyfriend into an ex.
- 6/24/2010
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Director/ Producer: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Writer: Guillaume Laurant, Jean-Pierre Jeunet DVD and Blu-ray release date: June 21 2010 Studio: E1 Entertainment Number of discs: 1 Price: From £10.99 Running Time: 101 mins Certificate: 12 Starring: Dany Boon, Dominique Pinon, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Yolande Moreau, Michel Cremades, Julie Ferrier, Omar Sy, Marie-Julie Baup Jean-Pierre Jeunet (A Very Long Engagement, Amelie, The City of Lost Children, Delicatessen) returns with another quirky, surreal and thoroughly enchanting offering. Bazil (Dany Boon) is orphaned when his father is blown up by a mine he is disarming and his mother has a break down. He goes to live with strict nuns, eventually running away by hiding in a baker’s van. Years later, working in Matador video he is shot in the head accidentally when two people sloppily wage war against each other in the street outside. Released form hospital with a bullet permanently lodged in his skull, Bazil’s apartment and job have...
- 6/21/2010
- by Salty Or Sweet
- t5m.com
iSophie Marceau attending the 24th Annual Cabourg Film Festival in France.Photo copyright by Pixplanete / PR Photos.Julie Ferrier attending the 24th Annual Cabourg Film Festival in France.Photo copyright by Pixplanete / PR Photos.Helena Noguerra attending the 24th Annual Cabourg Film Festival in France.Photo copyright by Pixplanete / PR Photos.Julie Ferrier attending the 24th Annual Cabourg Film Festival in France.Photo copyright by Pixplanete / PR Photos.Julie Ferrier attending the 24th Annual Cabourg Film Festival in France.Photo copyright by Pixplanete / PR Photos.Julie Ferrier attending the 24th Annual Cabourg Film Festival in France.Photo copyright by Pixplanete / PR Photos.os06/13/2010 - Ludivine Sagnier - 24th Annual Cabourg Film Festival - Day 4 - Cabourg - Cabourg, France © Pixplanete / PR Photos06/13/2010 -...
- 6/16/2010
- by James Wray
- Monsters and Critics
By: Jette Kernion, reposted from SXSW 3/13/10
Imagine if filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Delicatessen, Amelie) took the quirkiest, most whimsical, downright funniest bits out of all his films and then jacked them up to 11. If this idea makes you run out of the room screaming, you are probably not the best audience for Micmacs (aka Micmacs a tire-larigot). But for the rest of us, Micmacs -- loosely translated as "Shenanigans" -- is a delight.
Bazil (Dany Boon) is a young video-store worker whose father died when he stepped on a hidden mine. When Bazil is shot in the head by a bullet meant for someone else, he ends up as a medical miracle ... who has lost his job and his home. Fortunately, he encounters a group of waifs and strays who take him in: an inventor of complex but cute mechanisms, a young woman who can calculate anything in her head (Marie-Julie Baup...
Imagine if filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Delicatessen, Amelie) took the quirkiest, most whimsical, downright funniest bits out of all his films and then jacked them up to 11. If this idea makes you run out of the room screaming, you are probably not the best audience for Micmacs (aka Micmacs a tire-larigot). But for the rest of us, Micmacs -- loosely translated as "Shenanigans" -- is a delight.
Bazil (Dany Boon) is a young video-store worker whose father died when he stepped on a hidden mine. When Bazil is shot in the head by a bullet meant for someone else, he ends up as a medical miracle ... who has lost his job and his home. Fortunately, he encounters a group of waifs and strays who take him in: an inventor of complex but cute mechanisms, a young woman who can calculate anything in her head (Marie-Julie Baup...
- 5/28/2010
- by Cinematical staff
- Cinematical
Oddballs, Inc.
By Kurt Loder
Dany Boone in "Micmacs"
Photo: Sony Pictures Classics
In the French movie "Micmacs," a peculiar collection of social outcasts with bizarre talents has burrowed into a junkyard scrap-metal heap to create a wondrous cave from which they wage war on two Paris-based barons of the worldwide munitions industry. The latest recruit to this group, the sorrowful Bazil (Dany Boon), bears a special grudge against these death merchants. One of their companies manufactured the land mine that killed his father in the Moroccan desert back in 1979; the other produced the bullet that's still lodged in his head from a drive-by shooting outside the video store where he formerly worked. Bazil lost that job during his hospital stay, then he lost his apartment, and now he's been taken in off the streets by the junkyard family, which is assisting him in his search for payback.
His new...
By Kurt Loder
Dany Boone in "Micmacs"
Photo: Sony Pictures Classics
In the French movie "Micmacs," a peculiar collection of social outcasts with bizarre talents has burrowed into a junkyard scrap-metal heap to create a wondrous cave from which they wage war on two Paris-based barons of the worldwide munitions industry. The latest recruit to this group, the sorrowful Bazil (Dany Boon), bears a special grudge against these death merchants. One of their companies manufactured the land mine that killed his father in the Moroccan desert back in 1979; the other produced the bullet that's still lodged in his head from a drive-by shooting outside the video store where he formerly worked. Bazil lost that job during his hospital stay, then he lost his apartment, and now he's been taken in off the streets by the junkyard family, which is assisting him in his search for payback.
His new...
- 5/28/2010
- MTV Movie News
Oddballs, Inc.
By Kurt Loder
Dany Boone in "Micmacs"
Photo: Sony Pictures Classics
In the French movie "Micmacs," a peculiar collection of social outcasts with bizarre talents has burrowed into a junkyard scrap-metal heap to create a wondrous cave from which they wage war on two Paris-based barons of the worldwide munitions industry. The latest recruit to this group, the sorrowful Bazil (Dany Boon), bears a special grudge against these death merchants. One of their companies manufactured the land mine that killed his father in the Moroccan desert back in 1979; the other produced the bullet that's still lodged in his head from a drive-by shooting outside the video store where he formerly worked. Bazil lost that job during his hospital stay, then he lost his apartment, and now he's been taken in off the streets by the junkyard family, which is assisting him in his search for payback.
His new...
By Kurt Loder
Dany Boone in "Micmacs"
Photo: Sony Pictures Classics
In the French movie "Micmacs," a peculiar collection of social outcasts with bizarre talents has burrowed into a junkyard scrap-metal heap to create a wondrous cave from which they wage war on two Paris-based barons of the worldwide munitions industry. The latest recruit to this group, the sorrowful Bazil (Dany Boon), bears a special grudge against these death merchants. One of their companies manufactured the land mine that killed his father in the Moroccan desert back in 1979; the other produced the bullet that's still lodged in his head from a drive-by shooting outside the video store where he formerly worked. Bazil lost that job during his hospital stay, then he lost his apartment, and now he's been taken in off the streets by the junkyard family, which is assisting him in his search for payback.
His new...
- 5/28/2010
- MTV Music News
HollywoodNews.com: As the director responsible for Delicatessen, City of Lost Children, Amelie, and A Very Long Engagement, Jean-Pierre Jeunet is one of the world’s pre-eminent auteurs, creating a unique vision of the world with every film he makes. In his latest, MicMacs, Jeunet further explores the magic realism that give his earlier work such distinctive flair, and yet embeds it in a believable and deeply felt world where the stakes, as silly as they sometimes seem, are always grounded in something real.
Hollywood News recently sat down with Jeunet at the Los Angeles press day for MicMacs. In addition to talking about his approach for this particular film, Jeunet revealed details about his work on The Life of Pi, which director Ang Lee is reportedly set to take over, reflected on his experience making the Hollywood studio film Alien: Resurrection, and hinted at what his next movie might be.
Hollywood News recently sat down with Jeunet at the Los Angeles press day for MicMacs. In addition to talking about his approach for this particular film, Jeunet revealed details about his work on The Life of Pi, which director Ang Lee is reportedly set to take over, reflected on his experience making the Hollywood studio film Alien: Resurrection, and hinted at what his next movie might be.
- 5/25/2010
- by Todd Gilchrist
- Hollywoodnews.com
To simply call the new Jean-Pierre Jeunet movie ‘Micmacs’ non-stop madness, the English translation of its French title ‘Micmacs à tire-larigot,’ is an understatement. The action-slapstick comedy stars such supporting actors as Andre Dussollier, Nicolas Marie and Julie Ferrier, who Jeunet compared to the Seven Dwarfs. Lead actor Dany Boon also spontaneously added traces of Charlie Chaplin to his character Bazil in this movie about getting vengeance and revenge against those who have morally-corrupt actions. The movie starts off during Bazil’s childhood, when he was orphaned after his father was killed by a mine that exploded in the Moroccan dessert. The movie then cuts to Bazil as [...]...
- 5/25/2010
- by karen
- ShockYa
Sony Pictures Classics have provided us with poster, photos and trailer from Micmacs.
Micmacs is a 2009 film by French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amélie, The City of Lost Children, A Very Long Engagement) that premiered on 15 September 2009 at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival as a gala screening at Roy Thompson Hall. Its original French title is Micmacs à tire-larigot, (‘Non-stop madness’). The film is billed as a “satire on the world arms trade”.
Micmacs synopsis
First, it was a mine that exploded in the middle of the Moroccan desert. Years later, it was a stray bullet that lodged in his brain… Bazil (Dany Boon) doesn’t have much luck with weapons. The first made him an orphan, the second holds him on the brink of sudden and instant death.
Released from the hospital, Bazil is homeless. Luckily, our inspired and gentle-natured dreamer is adopted by a motley crew of secondhand dealers...
Micmacs is a 2009 film by French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amélie, The City of Lost Children, A Very Long Engagement) that premiered on 15 September 2009 at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival as a gala screening at Roy Thompson Hall. Its original French title is Micmacs à tire-larigot, (‘Non-stop madness’). The film is billed as a “satire on the world arms trade”.
Micmacs synopsis
First, it was a mine that exploded in the middle of the Moroccan desert. Years later, it was a stray bullet that lodged in his brain… Bazil (Dany Boon) doesn’t have much luck with weapons. The first made him an orphan, the second holds him on the brink of sudden and instant death.
Released from the hospital, Bazil is homeless. Luckily, our inspired and gentle-natured dreamer is adopted by a motley crew of secondhand dealers...
- 5/23/2010
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Five very long years after Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s A Very Long Engagement, the eccentric French filmmaker returns with another uniquely stylized vision of life and love.
Micmacs à tire-larigot is a whimsical crime caper about the “shenanigans” of a man enacting his clever revenge on two munitions makers. A landmine killed his father when Bazil (Dany Boon) was just a boy and a stray bullet lodges in his head after an explosion outside his video store. The freak accident brings him to the brink of sudden death (and holds him there) before robbing Bazil of his job and apartment.
Wandering the streets alone, Bazil is taken in by a hodgepodge of bizarre characters who dwell in a sort of makeshift junkyard cave and offer to help him get back at the pair of weapon manufacturers who ruined his life. Accompanying him are a contortionist (Julie Ferrier), a brainy math whiz...
Micmacs à tire-larigot is a whimsical crime caper about the “shenanigans” of a man enacting his clever revenge on two munitions makers. A landmine killed his father when Bazil (Dany Boon) was just a boy and a stray bullet lodges in his head after an explosion outside his video store. The freak accident brings him to the brink of sudden death (and holds him there) before robbing Bazil of his job and apartment.
Wandering the streets alone, Bazil is taken in by a hodgepodge of bizarre characters who dwell in a sort of makeshift junkyard cave and offer to help him get back at the pair of weapon manufacturers who ruined his life. Accompanying him are a contortionist (Julie Ferrier), a brainy math whiz...
- 5/10/2010
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
Working Title and Universal Pictures Intl. have picked up the English-language remake rights to this year's French rom-com "Heartbreaker" reports Variety.
Vanessa Paradis, Romain Duris and Julie Ferrier starred in the story of lothario Alex Lippi who is hired by families to break up relationships.
His record is put to the test when he's given one week to break up the wedding of a rich man's daughter to an English millionaire who seems the perfect fit for her.
The film opened in March in France, pulling in $38.5 million thus far.
Original film writer, Jeremy Donor, will pen the remake's script though it's unsure if the original's director Pascal Chaumeil will return.
Vanessa Paradis, Romain Duris and Julie Ferrier starred in the story of lothario Alex Lippi who is hired by families to break up relationships.
His record is put to the test when he's given one week to break up the wedding of a rich man's daughter to an English millionaire who seems the perfect fit for her.
The film opened in March in France, pulling in $38.5 million thus far.
Original film writer, Jeremy Donor, will pen the remake's script though it's unsure if the original's director Pascal Chaumeil will return.
- 5/6/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Finally some comedy at Cannes! Check out an upcoming french film titled Tournée directed by Mathieu Amalric.
If this is not enough for start, let’s already describe this as a road movie which takes place “in the world of striptease”. Interested anyone?
Hope you are, so get ready for this one, scheduled to compete for the Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival 2010.
Tournée is a story about American burlesque girls on tour in France, with an ex-show producer trying to make a comeback with a troupe of “new burlesque” dancers style.
Produced by Les Films du Poisson, the feature actually traces several days in the life of a show producer, who has left his homeland to live in the Us. He returns to France with a troupe of New Burlesque performers and tours the port cities before staging a final show in Paris.
Filming started in April 2009 and The Neo-Burlesque cabaret troupe,...
If this is not enough for start, let’s already describe this as a road movie which takes place “in the world of striptease”. Interested anyone?
Hope you are, so get ready for this one, scheduled to compete for the Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival 2010.
Tournée is a story about American burlesque girls on tour in France, with an ex-show producer trying to make a comeback with a troupe of “new burlesque” dancers style.
Produced by Les Films du Poisson, the feature actually traces several days in the life of a show producer, who has left his homeland to live in the Us. He returns to France with a troupe of New Burlesque performers and tours the port cities before staging a final show in Paris.
Filming started in April 2009 and The Neo-Burlesque cabaret troupe,...
- 4/28/2010
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Last night's New York premiere of Heartbreaker was packed to the gills with people excited to see the French romantic comedy that's been making waves overseas. The film stars Romain Duris (In Paris, The Beat That My Heart Skipped) as a Alex, who, along with his sister Melanie (Julie Ferrier) and her husband Marc (Francois Damiens), is hired by concerned friends and family members to break up unhappy couples - specifically, ones where the women are either unhappy or unhappy who won't admit it or don't realize it yet. After meticulous research, they come up with elaborate plans to woo the woman to help her realize she deservers better than the shmuck she's with. Their newest assignment is a tough nut to crack: the brilliant, gorgeous, and successful Juliette (Vanessa Paradis) is madly in love with a British man who is practically Prince Charming. When Alex and his team are...
- 4/23/2010
- TribecaFilm.com
I've never bought Romain Duris as a romantic lead, but the French apparently don't have a problem with it as they've come out in droves to see Pascal Chaumeil's feature debut called L’Arnacoeur (a title that merges the French words for 'con artist' and heart). To be known as Heartbreaker stateside, the rom com will receive not only a NYC preem at Tribeca, but an eventual day-and-date release via IFC Films. - I've never bought Romain Duris as a romantic lead, but the French apparently don't have a problem with it as they've come out in droves to see Pascal Chaumeil's feature debut called L’Arnacoeur (a title that merges the French words for 'con artist' and heart). To be known as Heartbreaker stateside, the rom com will receive not only a NYC preem at Tribeca, but an eventual day-and-date release via IFC Films. Written by Laurent Zeitoun,...
- 4/20/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
I've never bought Romain Duris as a romantic lead, but the French apparently don't have a problem with it as they've come out in droves to see Pascal Chaumeil's feature debut called L’Arnacoeur (a title that merges the French words for 'con artist' and heart). To be known as Heartbreaker stateside, the rom com will receive not only a NYC preem at Tribeca, but an eventual day-and-date release via IFC Films. Written by Laurent Zeitoun, Jeremy Doner and Yohan Gromb, set against the backdrop of Monte Carlo, the film stars Romain Duris who plays a professional ‘Don Juan’, who along with his sister (Julie Ferrier), and her husband (Francois Damiens) have a budding young business breaking hearts for a living. When a client hires Alex and his team to help break up a happily engaged couple (which includes Vanessa Paradis) before their wedding day, they find themselves facing their toughest job yet.
- 4/19/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
There are five new clips in from Sony Pictures Classics' "Micmacs" comedy/crime flick. Jean-Pierre Jeunet ("A Very Long Engagement," "Alien Resurrection") directs from the screenplay he wrote along with Guillaume Laurant. The film stars Dany Boon, André Dussollier, Nicolas Marié, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Yolande Moreau, Julie Ferrier, Omar Sy, Dominique Pinon, Michel Crémadès and Marie-Julie Baup. "Micmacs à tire-larigot" opens on May 28th in limited areas. First it was a mine that exploded in the middle of the Moroccan desert. Years later, it was a stray bullet that lodged in his brain... Bazil doesn't have much luck with weapons. The first made him an orphan, the second holds him on the brink of sudden, instant death. Released from the hospital after his accident, Bazil is homeless. Luckily, our inspired and gentle-natured dreamer is quickly taken in by a motley crew of junkyard dealers living in a veritable Ali Baba's cave.
- 4/5/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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