Michelle Pfeiffer

Lucas Hedges

Tracy Letts

Valerie Mahaffey

Susan Coyne

Imogen Poots

Danielle Macdonald

Isaach de Bankolé

Daniel Di Tomasso

Eddie Holland

Matt Holland

Christine Lan

Robert Higden

Larry Day

Laura Mitchell

Christopher B. MacCabe

Julian Bailey

Rebecca Gibian

Una Kay

Christopher Hayes

Bruce Dinsmore

Vlasta Vrana

Jean-Michel Le Gal

Saboor Aiasuddin Adbul

Benoît Mauffette

Marc Raffray

Marine Chard

Charlotte Hoepffner

Younes Bouab

Deen Abboud

Nikola Masri

Jelena Djukic

Stéphane Boucher

Joëlle Péloquin

Arnaud Derimay

Garret Farrell

Nicolas Fejoz

Ken Galvin

Lamps Lampadinha

Vincent Piponnier

Diaz Jacobs

Nick deWitt

Patrick DeWitt

Olivier Glaas

Mal Ward

Lars Sylvest

Darrin Navarro

Laurie May

Marc Marrie

Vincent Maraval

Adrian Love

Azazel Jacobs

Christine Haebler

Matt Aselton

Tobias Datum

Jane Petrie

Jean-Andre Carriere

Norman Denver

Trish Dolman

Katie Holly

Stuart Manashil

Noah Segal

Thorsten Schumacher

Christina Piovesan

Michel Marrec

Nicole Arbusto

Asuka Sugiyama

Tyler Hall

Hilda Rasula

Anne Bergamaschi

Valli O'Reilly

Carol Hemming

Annick Legout

Mark DeSimone

Virginie Léger

Olivier Chouinard

Francis Trottier

Pauline Béraud

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French Exit

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Elevation Pictures

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paris, france

based on novel or book

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I really can't do justice to just how thoroughly entertaining a film 'French Exit' is. It had me roaring and cackling with laughter, totally enchanted by its irreverence and good humour. You feel as if you're watching a great piece of classic theatre, where silly rich white people bumble around in fancy rooms, unaware that they're revealing, with their silly irrelevant lives, just how strange and beautiful life and love and sadness and happiness can be. Michelle Pfeiffer's tremendous central performance, full of camp and acid and sadness, would be enough of a reason to see 'French Exit', but it's all the more rewarding for how complete an experience it is. The ridiculous and the surreal are employed for the purpose for which they are always at their best - to make us laugh at how silly life can be, and sigh at the truth that, no matter what, we want to keep living regardless.
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I find surreal comedy one of the most challenging subgenres to appreciate. In my experience, the humor must be pitch-perfect in order for me to actually laugh throughout the runtime of a purposefully absurd film. In addition to this, I need to feel some sort of connection with the protagonist(s). Otherwise, I'll struggle to truly enjoy the fun inside all the chaos. I've never seen a movie by Azazel Jacobs (The Lovers, Terri), who brings the same screenwriter of the latter film, Patrick deWitt.

Michelle Pfeiffer delivers a phenomenal performance, showing tremendous emotional range and an acting experience that allows her to seamlessly navigate any script thrown at her. Ultimately, Pfeiffer proves that she still has what it takes to lead the biggest movies of each year. Unfortunately, I found French Exit an incredibly tough film to enjoy. From the remaining disappointing performances - Lucas Hedges is frustratingly annoying in this role - to the lack of interest in the overall narrative, it's one of those movies that either the viewers connect with immediately, or it's not going to be an easy watch.

Surreal comedy implies a nonsensical screenplay, which might trigger some people to dislike it from the get-go. It's an extremely specific type of humor that doesn't usually reach big groups of people. Azazel Jacobs brings Patrick deWitt's screenplay to the screen with remarkable commitment, but in the end, it's a slow, stretched-out film with not that many laughs to offer.

Rating: C-

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Written by SWITCH. on Thu Mar 18 2021

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