Offbeat but thoroughly digestible film that counters my usual take on French cinema as being dolorous and tedious. To be sure, such happiness is found in some rather amoral settings and activities; but close examination controverts even the most uptight opinions found among these reviews.
It is indeed a "road" movie -- one of the best I have seen in terms of either its execution or its premises. Every common version of the genre is confounded, however, by unexpected surprises along the way. You cannot stop watching until the end. That is the mark of excellence in my book.
Imagine -- just imagine -- how great it would be to reach the point at which Hollywood could conjure this kind of universal "family" film.
Nah. It will never happen.
It is indeed a "road" movie -- one of the best I have seen in terms of either its execution or its premises. Every common version of the genre is confounded, however, by unexpected surprises along the way. You cannot stop watching until the end. That is the mark of excellence in my book.
Imagine -- just imagine -- how great it would be to reach the point at which Hollywood could conjure this kind of universal "family" film.
Nah. It will never happen.