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Stylish Depardieu performance

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 August 2011

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An interesting film - quickly gripping and with some adventure but mainly exploring the troubled relationship between a father (Depardieu) and his son. Recommended for admirers of Depardieu's work.

Jacob Berger

Variety film critic Derek Elley's point of view

Reviewed in the United States on 6 June 2004

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"In a wonderfully sustained section of grumpy but restrained acting, Depardieu Sr. gives the stage to his son, who's more than up to the challenge. Their scenes together, staged almost like a black comedy, are free of both unnecessary verbal violence and ingratiating sentiment, preparing the way for their uneasy truce when the son cuts his father's bonds and they travel on as equals.
As Paul opens up emotionally, and Leo reciprocates, we realize they're both damaged goods: The 28-year-old had a spell with drugs, and Leo, once an inveterate womanizer, confesses he's now dried up as a writer. More than once, the pic plays like a twisted version of Ingmar Bergman's '50s classic, "Wild Strawberries," also centered on a distinguished personality recalling his youth and shortcomings as he journeys to accept an award.
Jean-Claude Petit's orchestral score turns what could have been a by-the-numbers father-son drama into a kind of emotional thriller, and the sense of dislocation from reality is heightened by Berger's direction, which is speckled with offbeat touches and humor. (Helmer's only previous feature was the 1990 "Angels," followed by telemovie work.) Ending is refreshingly free of saccharine melodrama, with a dreamlike, ironic coda.
Supporting cast is solid, with Testud essaying another of her brittle roles as the daughter who can't bear to see her father squander his talent.
But the main show is between the two Depardieus, in a piece of casting that resonates beyond their roles onscreen. In this one pic, Gerard reclaims his position as one of Europe's finest actors, after a recent series of unwise choices. Here he settles comfortably into a late-middle-aged persona that doesn't rely on eccentricities or pure physicality, while Guillaume definitely comes of screen age."

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Again Not too Crazy about this film

Reviewed in the United States on 4 February 2013

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Again I bought this DVD due to having Gerard Depardieu in it and especially his son Guillaume. Still the story line seemed crazy. It is just different I guess. But I was not crazy about this story.

Leslie Gardner

feeble and contrived

Reviewed in the United States on 1 February 2014

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this plays like therapy and we are disincluded - entirely unlikely scenario of son entrapping his father to find forgiveness - made tragic by the son's early death ..

Thomas T. Butler

Not as advertised

Reviewed in the United States on 12 March 2013

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Both the Amazon ad and the DVD container list the film's running time as 103 minutes (which agrees with the IMDB web site). However, the actual DVD has a running time of only 99 minutes. This is a widely distributed CUT version of this film.

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