 |
Lowest Price on The Closet at Amazon..
Product: The Closet Amazon Price: Sale Price Too Low To Display Availability: In Stock |
You may not know the name of French director Francis Veber, and his silly French comedy “The Dinner Game” (1999), but if you are fond of comedy, you might have seen the films like “Father’s Day” and “Birdcage.” Yes, the last two Hollywood outings are actually remakes of his works, and though not all of his films are masterpieces, “The Closet” alone would earn you remember his name. This film is that comical.
Daniel Auteuil is M. Pignon, who has been working for a condom factory as an accountant for 20 years, now he happens to learn that he is going to be fired. Timorous by the news, he thinks of jumping from the window to end himself when an archaic man living in the next room gives a tip; “pretend you’re joyful.” For political reasons (and commercial ones too) the company cannot fire him as they are petrified of being accused of having discriminating attitudes. It succeeds, and M. Pignon is overjoyed … for a while.
Because unexpected things happen like chain reaction; “sexual harrassment” from his comely female boss (she has her absorb reason), sexual arrive from his co-worker and rugby coach (he has his beget reason, too), and so on. The anecdote goes on with twists and turns, finally leading to the confidence newly established in M. Pignon.
Buy,Download, Or Stream The Closet! Click Here
Though the ending is not as righteous as it should be, and some parts are a bit astounding, the cast is so big that those flaws are all ignored in the kill. Daniel Auteuil’s dead-pan humor is always effective, and funniest is his face when he is in a parade wearing a enormous tip of condom on his head. Also comic is Gerard Depardieu, whose character experiences a total transformation.
“The Closet” has some satire on our attitude about sexuality, but it doesn’t preach them. Rather, the film handles them with a lighter tough, which avoids the pitfall of being too dusky or philosophical. The fact is, the film is too light for some; and clearly the director hesitates to push some moving points the film presents. But “The Closet” should be about M. Pignon, who, objective like the protagonist of the same name in “The Dinner Game,” is about Mr. Everyman. His traipse to a recent life is what we peer, and we like watching. As such the film succeeds, and it is because of improbable Daniel Auteuil.
Francis Veber, the King of French Farce, keeps cranking ‘em out at a rate that would boggle even the mind of Georges Feydeau. His latest, “The Closet,” features nebbishy accountant Francois–mocked by his colleagues, abandoned by his wife, dissed by his son and about to be fired–who schemes to maintain his job by pretending to be pleased. Francois’ pleased psychologist neighbor advises him not to change anything about himself–what will change is other people’s perception of him. That’s not the only thing that changes in Veber’s smoothly written, surefire-as-clockwork farce. Francois’ life ends up changing in unforeseen ways, as do the lives of the people around him–particularly that of Santini, the homophobic personnel manager who must suddenly play up to Francois in order to maintain his fill job. All sorts of crazy complications ensue, and the denouement is appropriately sunny. “The Closet” won’t change your life, but it will leave you feeling cheerful, and you will marvel at the sheer star power lavished on this lightweight legend. Daniel Auteuil and Gerard Depardieu, France’s respond to Kevin Spacey and Robert De Niro, play Francois and Santini; in the supporting cast are Thierry Lhermitte, Michel Aumont and Jean Rochefort, which is roughly equivalent to having Richard Gere, Gene Hackman and Michael Caine in the supporting cast of an English-language movie. These well-behaved professionals know exactly what is required of them, and remark it gift-wrapped. As crazed as the comedy gets, it is the composed individual moments that will really leave you rolling in the aisles: whether it’s Auteuil’s sick embarrassment at sitting on a Glad Pride float wearing a condom hat, or Depardieu’s blissed-out, zombie gape as his world crumbles around him, you know that you are in the hands of master farceurs.
Electronic Cigarettes Starter Kit
New York Auto Insurance Quotes
Hostgator Coupons
Electric Cigarette
Illinois Auto Insurance Quotes
Harold Compton