CinemaDhanush is wonderfully controlled and carries the film easily on his shoulders, but overall the journey feels quite flat. Sowmya RajendranThe Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir, with Dhanush playing the leading man, is Bollywood meets fairytale. In this mild, sunshine-filled universe, a “fakir” (a street performer pulling cheap magic tricks) from a Mumbai slum can go to France with a fake passport without meeting any challenges on the way. He can land there and experience no cultural surprises at all (maybe because he watches Friends of all things on TV?!), as if he flies to Paris every week and knows exactly what to do. If you can forgive the blithe disposition of the script towards details and the fact that Ajathashatru Lavash Patel is played by a Tamil actor who sounds distinctly Tamil, The Extraordinary Journey is a harmless film that occasionally makes you smile. Directed by Ken Scott, the...
- 6/21/2019
- by Sowmya
- The News Minute
Ken Scott directs France-India-Belgium co-production.
A-Z Films has acquired Canadian rights to comedy adventure The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir starring Indian star Dhanush and featuring Bérénice Béjo.
Quebecois Ken Scott directed the English-language France-India-Belgium co-production about a Mumbai hustler who embarks on a voyage across Europe in search of his estranged father.
En route, the traveller love in a Swedish furniture store in Paris, gets into trouble with Somali immigrants and winds up in London, finds fortune in Rome, and escapes an unlikely adversary in a hot air balloon.
Barkhad Abdi, Erin Moriarty, Abel Jafri, Gérard Jugnot, Ben Miller,...
A-Z Films has acquired Canadian rights to comedy adventure The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir starring Indian star Dhanush and featuring Bérénice Béjo.
Quebecois Ken Scott directed the English-language France-India-Belgium co-production about a Mumbai hustler who embarks on a voyage across Europe in search of his estranged father.
En route, the traveller love in a Swedish furniture store in Paris, gets into trouble with Somali immigrants and winds up in London, finds fortune in Rome, and escapes an unlikely adversary in a hot air balloon.
Barkhad Abdi, Erin Moriarty, Abel Jafri, Gérard Jugnot, Ben Miller,...
- 5/24/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures International Productions, the local language production arm of Sony Pictures, has boarded French-Indian-Belgian co-production The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir starring Bérénice Béjo, Barkhad Abdi, Erin Moriarty and Abel Jafri. Sony Pictures Releasing International will release the title in the UK and France in Spring 2018. Gérard Jugnot (The Chorus), Ben Miller (Johnny English), Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse (Bon Cop Bad Cop) and Stefano Cassetti (Young & Beau…...
- 7/18/2017
- Deadline
"Starbuck" is a big, fat French-Canadian hug of a movie, a sperm-donations-gone-wrong farce that manages the occasional belly laugh, but also offers moving takes on parenthood, family and what it means to grow up.
David Wozniak (Patrick Huard) makes one wonder what the French word for "galoot" is. He's the black sheep in his Montreal family, a thirty-something slacker who can't do the easiest job in the family's butcher shop right -- driving the delivery truck. He's forever taking the truck for personal errands, forgetting to do this or that and then lying the moment he's found out.
He's in hock to loan sharks. His idea for making extra cash is setting up a pot-growing operation in his apartment. And when his girlfriend (Julie LeBreton) tells him that she's pregnant, that's her brush-off line. She doesn't want their baby's father to be a lout "who doesn't have a life."
David promises to mend his ways.
David Wozniak (Patrick Huard) makes one wonder what the French word for "galoot" is. He's the black sheep in his Montreal family, a thirty-something slacker who can't do the easiest job in the family's butcher shop right -- driving the delivery truck. He's forever taking the truck for personal errands, forgetting to do this or that and then lying the moment he's found out.
He's in hock to loan sharks. His idea for making extra cash is setting up a pot-growing operation in his apartment. And when his girlfriend (Julie LeBreton) tells him that she's pregnant, that's her brush-off line. She doesn't want their baby's father to be a lout "who doesn't have a life."
David promises to mend his ways.
- 3/22/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Starbuck
Stars: Patrick Huard, Julie LeBreton, Antoine Bertrand, David Michael, Patrick Martin, Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse | Written by Ken Scott, Martin Petit | Directed by Ken Scott
One of the year’s best comedies is about to hit DVD thanks to the French-Canadian duo of director Ken Scott and his co-screenwriter, comedian Martin Petit. In fact, the Montreal set Starbuck has been so well received that Scott is currently helming the Hollywood re-make starring Vince Vaughn currently titled The Delivery Man. Yet, if there was ever a foreign feature in no need of an English language re-make, then Starbuck is it.
Patrick Huard is likable loser David Wozniak, who back during his Uni days in the 80s engaged in a certain kind of manual labour for extra income. Trading his splash for cash under the alias of “Starbuck”, David remains blissfully unaware of the seeds he has indirectly planted. However, a lawsuit more...
Stars: Patrick Huard, Julie LeBreton, Antoine Bertrand, David Michael, Patrick Martin, Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse | Written by Ken Scott, Martin Petit | Directed by Ken Scott
One of the year’s best comedies is about to hit DVD thanks to the French-Canadian duo of director Ken Scott and his co-screenwriter, comedian Martin Petit. In fact, the Montreal set Starbuck has been so well received that Scott is currently helming the Hollywood re-make starring Vince Vaughn currently titled The Delivery Man. Yet, if there was ever a foreign feature in no need of an English language re-make, then Starbuck is it.
Patrick Huard is likable loser David Wozniak, who back during his Uni days in the 80s engaged in a certain kind of manual labour for extra income. Trading his splash for cash under the alias of “Starbuck”, David remains blissfully unaware of the seeds he has indirectly planted. However, a lawsuit more...
- 3/21/2013
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Chicago – In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 25 pairs of movie passes up for grabs to the advance screening of the film festival hit “Starbuck” (a French-language comedy) starring Patrick Huard!
“Starbuck,” which opens in Chicago on March 29, 2013 and is rated “R,” also stars Julie LeBreton, Antoine Bertrand, Dominic Philie, Marc Bélanger, Igor Ovadis, David Michael, Patrick Martin, David Giguère and Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse from writer and director Ken Scott and writer Martin Petit. Note: You must be 17+ to win this “R”-rated Hookup.
To win your free “Starbuck” passes courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our unique Hookup technology below. That’s it! This screening is on Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 7 p.m. in Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning!
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“Starbuck,” which opens in Chicago on March 29, 2013 and is rated “R,” also stars Julie LeBreton, Antoine Bertrand, Dominic Philie, Marc Bélanger, Igor Ovadis, David Michael, Patrick Martin, David Giguère and Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse from writer and director Ken Scott and writer Martin Petit. Note: You must be 17+ to win this “R”-rated Hookup.
To win your free “Starbuck” passes courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just get interactive with our unique Hookup technology below. That’s it! This screening is on Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 7 p.m. in Chicago. The more social actions you complete, the more points you score and the higher yours odds of winning!
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If viewing this on your phone,...
- 3/20/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Starbuck
Review by LondonFilmFan
Stars: Patrick Huard, Julie LeBreton, Antoine Bertrand, David Michael, Patrick Martin, Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse | Written by Ken Scott, Martin Petit | Directed by Ken Scott
One of the year’s best comedies is about to hit cinemas thanks to the French-Canadian duo of director Ken Scott and his co-screenwriter, comedian Martin Petit. In fact, the Montreal set Starbuck has been so well received on the festival circuit that Scott is currently helming the Hollywood re-make starring Vince Vaughn currently titled The Delivery Man. Yet, if there was ever a foreign feature in no need of an English language re-make, then Starbuck is it.
Patrick Huard is likable loser David Wozniak, who back during his Uni days in the 80s engaged in a certain kind of manual labour for extra income. Trading his splash for cash under the alias of “Starbuck”, David remains blissfully unaware of the seeds he has indirectly planted.
Review by LondonFilmFan
Stars: Patrick Huard, Julie LeBreton, Antoine Bertrand, David Michael, Patrick Martin, Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse | Written by Ken Scott, Martin Petit | Directed by Ken Scott
One of the year’s best comedies is about to hit cinemas thanks to the French-Canadian duo of director Ken Scott and his co-screenwriter, comedian Martin Petit. In fact, the Montreal set Starbuck has been so well received on the festival circuit that Scott is currently helming the Hollywood re-make starring Vince Vaughn currently titled The Delivery Man. Yet, if there was ever a foreign feature in no need of an English language re-make, then Starbuck is it.
Patrick Huard is likable loser David Wozniak, who back during his Uni days in the 80s engaged in a certain kind of manual labour for extra income. Trading his splash for cash under the alias of “Starbuck”, David remains blissfully unaware of the seeds he has indirectly planted.
- 11/23/2012
- by Guest
- Nerdly
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