The French actor,writer and director disappoints in this tale of an obsessive son and his motherJulie Delpy is a stylish actor and film-maker who has made movies with Krzysztof Kieslowski, Richard Linklater and Jim Jarmusch, and directed garrulous and witty features of her own. But this film,which she has directed and co-written, is a catastrophe. Its an oppressively unfunny and unconvincing mainstream French comedy featuring Delpy herself alongside Dany Boon. This male lead is perhaps best known for starring in the homegrown box office smash Bienvenue Chez Les Ch’tis, and (Welcome to the Boondocks,2008) and Boon’s colossal popularity might be as mystifying to the British as Sid James is to the French. Related: Venice film festival takes on Everest as it regains ground lost to younger rivals Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com