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what a sweet, smart crazy little film.

posted 17 years ago by teejay6682
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(possibly spoilers)

i loved this film. i want to see more blier films. i can't say whether or not i love it more then "going places" but i was really impressed with how depardieu and delaware have such great chemistry playing such different characters in both of those films. i loved the scene where they pontificate about mozart and talk about giving their girl to him as a gift if he was alive. this film would never win an oscar nowadays cause of the some of the sexual themes in the film i don't think (though no where as near as extreme as "going places"). the end was really something.

[–] tweedlepixie 15 years ago

Actually although not as extreme as Going Places I think the ending would not pass these days - the kid is 13!
The boys have great chemistry in this one in particular. I like the bit where they ask which one of them is to sleep with her and she says neither...just priceless.....
However, still personally prefer Les Valseuses (Going Places)

[–] franzkabuki 12 years ago

Indeed one of the wittiest, most original and hilarious films I´ve seen in a long time; having seen this, Les Valseuses & Buffet Froid, Blier´s brand of absurdity and outrage is yet to fail me. And just like with Claude Chabrol, I´m quite at loss as to why he´s so little known - surely, the cinema of these two guys is way more accomplished & inspired than, for instance, Godard´s dry, pedantic exercises in intellectualism.

"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan

[–] rudeboymurray (3241) 4 years ago

This is a witty and moving film which simply would not be greenlighted today - even in France, most likely. Anyone who has seen it knows why.