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6 utilisateurs sur 8 ont trouvé ce commentaire utile :
Coline Serreau's 3 Hommes et un Couffin (3 Men and a Cradle), 14 juin 2002

Auteur : Charles Tatum de North Dakota

This is the French film that was remade as the treacly

ubersuccess "Three Men and a Baby." They are both equally good,

and for different reasons.

Pierre the architect, Michel the cartoonist, and Jacques the air

steward all live in the same Paris apartment. Their swinging ways

are turned upside down when Jacques' hitherto unknown infant

child is left on the doorstep with a note attached from the mother

saying she will be in the United States on a modelling shoot for a

few months. Jacques is not there, either, as he is in the Far East.

He did promise to hold a package for a friend, and Pierre and

Michel assume baby Marie is it.

Very similar to the remake, so far. The baby is given to drug

dealers, who come looking for the "package" of heroin. The

exchange is not made, and the police follow Pierre and Michel,

looking for the narcotics. Strangely, halfway through the film, Michel

hands off the heroin in a diaper to the dealer, and this plot (which

never worked in either film) suddenly ends! No hidden camera, no

dressing like a woman, and no eccentric detective. I wondered just

what the heck these people were going to do for the rest of the

film.

This is where the darkness creeped in. The mother, Sylvia, comes

home and takes the baby back. The three bachelors try to get back

to their womanizing and drinking, but they are set upon by such an

omnipotent depression, I thought I might have to call the mental

health hotline. Michel and Jacques do see the baby on occasion,

but try not to bond with it. Pierre is down right suicidal, laying in bed

with a squeaky toy.

While the first half of the film was not the light fluff of the remake,

the second half was so sad and depressing, it gives many foreign

films a bad name. The baby is so cute, but all the adults here

come off as self centered. A birthday celebration where the

shallow guests complain that a child is not "interesting" until it is a

toddler was meant to be funny, but is a little painful to watch.

In the end, the mother brings the baby back, and the men dance

for joy. This was a truly happy scene, and I wish some more

happiness had creeped in to other scenes. I can see why the

remake made such a big fuss about the drug dealer subplot, can

you imagine Tom Selleck looking like he wanted to die and Steve

Guttenberg spying on the model mom from afar? Women do not

come off well at all, being either sexual toys for the men or

complete b!tches who are only concerned with their own

happiness, screw the kid.

The film was good, but also ripe for the remake. The remake was

good, but never should have spawned the excrutiatingly awful

sequel.

This was dubbed from French into English, and is rated (PG13) for

strong profanity, brief female nudity, very brief male nudity, some

sexual content, sexual references, and drug references.

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funny and warm hearted movie, 10 août 2006

Auteur : sangamy de Baltimore, US

I saw this French version with English subtitles. It's so hilarious from the start to end. When three bachelors get a baby girl, first they hesitate about how to live with the baby. Then they start loving her.

There is a subplot of smuggling thrown into it. Nevertheless, the movie falls into a comedy genre.

Well, what can i say, it has to be seen to feel the essence of the movie. Even though, it's in french, i could understand the 99 percent of the movie.

The highlight of the movie is the baby. Her little expressions and movements are the central point of the movie. She makes you feel that absolute innocence. That is where the film succeeds.

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3 Men & A Baby filmed as it should have been!, 18 octobre 2000

Auteur : ChrisGarrity de Manchester, England

A baby is left on the doorstep by its mother, three sceptical men grow to love the infant, but which is the real father?

A gentle touching comedy, quieter than the American version. Worth a viewing, although because of the language barrier if for no other reason, this film will be deprived a truly mass audience.

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Cultural Awareness / Character Arc, 2 mars 2008

Auteur : gentendo de Etats-Unis

*** Ce commentaire peut contenir des spoilers ***

Cultural Awareness.

The distinction between the roles that men and women play in this community conforms to many stereotypes, yet interestingly enough, captures the very essence of what can be learned when gender plays against those types. As the assuming standard goes, women, for the most part, are seen in many cultures as the nurturing figures of children; whereas men, to the contrary, are more or less the bread-winners of successful businesses. The women in this film conform to the stereotype of being overly sap-happy in regards to their interactions with children. For men, however, nurturing is not a fundamental component of their nature. Men, according to the stereotype, are rugged, adventurous, fearless and egocentric. Despite the traditional stereotype of men, this film expresses how those roles reverse. It gives new meaning to how men would instinctively respond when placed in positions of considerable moral obligation and sensitivity.

As depicted in the film, three fun-loving yet humorously untrained bachelors are placed under a challenging position when an unknown baby girl swaddled in a cradle arrives unexpectedly at their door. The anxiety they express both through verbal remarks and fidgeting body language convey their conformance to the typical male response. In short, they are displayed as buffoons. They are not in touch with their child-like intuition and seem completely untrained for such a surprise. It's ironic though: on the one hand, they feel inadequate and unsure how to react; yet at the same time, their sense of moral obligation kicks in and they feel compelled to act responsibly. However, they refuse to surrender this new information to anyone (especially women). It's as if a breach in this information would be too challenging for their egos (something none of them are willing to sacrifice—at least in the beginning of the film). As they begin to perform the obligatory duties of caring for the child, their love grows immensely for her and they seem to replace the traditional role of women as caretakers.

Character Arc.

I would like to amalgamate the three men in this film as the main character due to their similar dysfunctions and level of competence. In the beginning of the film, they all share an unsettling sense of clumsiness and naivety in regards to their reaction to the child at their doorstep. None of them know properly how to hold a child, change diapers, buy appropriate milk formula, and put the child to sleep effectively. However, as they rise to fulfill their moral duties in taking care of the child's needs, they discover that they do possess something far beyond any talent could afford. They possess the attribute of love. This love propels them to begin making sacrifices for the child beyond their own selfish desires. One of the men cancels a special date he had planned with his girlfriend; another postpones his cartoon drawings for his business. All of these small yet profound sacrifices demonstrate the men's love they have for the child. Even though they never seem very happy when caring for its needs (this due to the strenuous task it is to raise children effectively), the rewards of knowing how much they love the child is shown when their house gets broken into by drug addicts. The house is left in ruins, yet the only concern on their minds is to secure the safety of the child. This shows their extreme dedication to human life beyond what any material possession could afford them. Through practice, patience and time, the men learn how to cope with the situation at hand. At the end of the film when the real mother comes back to claim the child, all three men go through withdrawals (a symbol of their attachment). The withdrawals are all natural results of seeing how much time, energy and love they placed into raising the child. The maxim is fulfilled in their hearts, "Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation." They have changed in the end, becoming more refined and sensitive. They have gained a new perspective through the things in which they suffered in knowing not only what love is, but also realizing their inner-strength of knowing how much weight is possible for them to bear.

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Remembering Honeymoon, 18 mai 1999

Auteur : Gustavo S. D. Bastos (daumas@earthlink.net) de California - USA

I was in my first wedding anniversary when we decided to watch this movie and remember our honeymoon in Paris. The french atmosphere is perfect, and the actors very good. The way of acting is different from the american way.

The movie is almost happened in the interior of an apartment. Very intimate. The same directrix was invited to direct the american remake. It wasn't the same as the original.

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Well made, 23 juin 2001
Auteur : LeRoyMarko de Toronto, Canada

I saw the American version of this movie a long time ago, but as I remember it, I prefer this original French version.

The acting is good, especially Roland Giraud. The first half of the movie is simply hilarious. It's even better when you know french, because some of the fun always get lost during translation.

Still good today.

Out of 100, I gave it 77. That's **½ on a **** stars rating system.

Seen at home in Welland. June 23th, 2001. Marko Roy.

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When The Bough Breaks, 4 juin 2005

Auteur : writers_reign

*** Ce commentaire peut contenir des spoilers ***

Shortly after its initial release this became - in terms of viewing figures - the most popular French film after Le Grande Vadrouille and it's not too difficult to see why. There's something for everyone to write his or her 2,500 words about in this story of three male chauvinists getting in touch with not so much their feminist side as their maternal instincts and, for good measure, a sub-plot involving drugs which disappears without trace halfway through. Serreau is clearly interested in exploring role reversal and turning the traditional role-playing tables so that by the end of the film the three male chauvinists have learned not only to care about and/or love baby Marie but are light years ahead of the natural mother in terms of how to care for her in a literal sense. The three principals, Roland Giraud (Pierre), Michel Boujenah (Michel) and Andre Dussollier (Jacques, the natural father of Marie) were all relatively unknown at the time - Dussollier was almost unrecognizable to boot - and though all three have worked steadily since only Dussollier has achieved recognition outside France, and this probably worked in the film's favour just as conversely the higher profile of the Hollywood actors in the inevitable remake worked against what was a lousy film anyway. As usual the best of the dialogue loses in translation but sufficient original flavour survives to make this a highly enjoyable romp.

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love it from the start - or don't get children, 9 août 2006

Auteur : uwe-johann (uwe.johann@teleos-web.de) de Allemagne

First, this movie is a beautiful example why there's am more European kind of humour and a more American kind of it. I once read an American critic who honestly complained that all the funny things happening in this movie were so previsible. Wow, he even must have thought that was smart to realize. In fact, that's what this movie is all about: You know what's going to happen and you enjoy to see HOW it will happen. That's why this movie was remade in the US with Tom Selleck and stripped of all it's original charme, only to be found "better" by some people. Second, this movie is kind of a test whether you should become a dad/mum in your life - or better leave that to others. It worked with me ..two kids... If you vote this movie "9" or above, you should get kids. Below "5" ? Think again! ;-)

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