Un Air De Famille
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Movie Reviews of Un Air De Famille
Movie Review: Certainly one of the best french comedy for 1996
Summary: 4 Stars
A very clever comedy, depicting relationship between people of the same family, meeting to celebrate a birthday. This one is certainly not the typical american family, but everybody should find some characters that looks like people of their own. And that's the title : 'un air de famille'. Are all the people the same ? Certainly not much action, but more psychological analysis of what people feel when they must live together.Movie Review: Unhappy People and Cigarettes
Summary: 3 Stars
My wife sometimes objects to my procurement of French films of a certain vintage because there is "too much inane conversation, smoking, and sitting around." I'm sorry to report that she is often correct in her analysis, and this film would be the latest example.
While I often disagree with THE NEW YORKER's Anthony Lane, his review of "Un Air de Famille" (listed above) hits the mark exactly. It is immediately apparent that this film is based on a play (written by the actors playing Henri and Betty.) It's entirely set in a seedy cafe that I instantly wanted the characters to leave.
No such luck.
As the family gathering coalesces, the actors do a good job of fleshing out their characters. But they just aren't interesting enough to fascinate, and they're not funny enough to be anything but unhappy bores. (I am giving this three stars on the strength of their heroic attempts to inhabit their roles.)
Maybe I should concentrate on more Italian films...
Movie Review: A great view of a typic french family
Summary: 3 Stars
Well, To tell you the truth, I am french !! and I can tell you something else : I saw in each personnage a member of my family !! So true, so real,.... so hard to believe..... Best part of it, the subtiles are pretty close to the french version and it is very important for this type of movie.... If you like true people ordinary life story, buy this movie !!Movie Review: It really looked good, but...
Summary: 1 Stars
The subtitles did not work properly, with only about 20% of the dialog being shown in English. Perhaps I got a bad DVD.
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