Directed by:
Patrice LeconteCinematography:
Jean-Marie DreujouComposer:
Eric NeveuxCast:
Christian Clavier, Carole Bouquet, Valérie Bonneton, Rossy de Palma, Stéphane De Groodt, Sébastien Castro, Christian Charmetant, Arnaud Henriet (more)Plots(1)
Michel, who's crazy about jazz, has just found a rare album that he dreams of quietly listening to in his living room. But the world seems to have conspired against him: his wife chooses this moment to divulge an ill-timed revelation, his adult son makes a surprise visit, one of his friends knocks on the door, while his mother keeps calling him on his smartphone. Not to mention that today the residents in his apartment building are holding their annual House Party. Manipulative and a liar, Michel is ready to do anything to have a moment of peace and quiet. Is it still possible, in this day and age, to just have one hour of peace? (official distributor synopsis)
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Christian Clavier gives a very good performance, where basically the whole film is based on him and how he handles his role. And he handles it well. Truthfully, I would've collapsed early and told everyone to go to hell. Moreover, there are some characters here who are nice and who can occasionally liven things up nicely when it starts to become monotonous.
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Maybe when I'm sixty, I will like these conservatively boring comedies about smug Frenchmen, flooded bathrooms and nervous wives and lovers. But probably not.
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An unpretentious and intimate hour and a quarter set mainly in one apartment, dominated by Christian Clavier's performance. While the film doesn't work as well on a comic level as Serial (Bad) Weddings (also starring Clavier), it still offers some funny and hilarious scenes. It's a shame about the mediocrity, because the potential was there.
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French star Christian Clavier delivers another outstanding performance in an interesting role set in an apartment where he wishes only one thing: to relax and play a record he discovered on the market, but due to constant complications, unexpected surprises and troubles, he just can't get to it. I laughed out loud a few times, but otherwise I think more could have been got out of it, but still decent. 65%.
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