Le nom des gens

A familiar wild-girl-seduces-ordinary-guy dramedy smartly scripted with a racial/political agenda and shot as some sort of communist soft porn. It works for 20 minutes or so -- like any indie happysad feature --, and then it becomes the typical "special" love story of another "strange" couple.

very funny political satire. concise French post-war political and social history. really surprised when I see Jospin. I would have been much more delighted if our girl would have screwed Sarkozy!

Some funny bits. The third act is where the movie finally succumbs to romantic comedy bullshit.

The ending moves into some sappy RomCom territory, but even then, it's SMART RomCOm territory, and is a fine enough ending for an otherwise great political satire.

An absolutely tiresome film. Any sexual relationship between a funky free-spirited 20-something girl and a grey-haired self-confessed bore would beggar belief. If that start doesn't make you want to slap the director, the next hour of heavy-handed social awkwardness gags about Jews and Muslims not getting along certainly will. The film repeatedly runs head-first into walls in a series of cringe-inducingly obvious situations. Horrible premise, horrible script, horrible movie, horrible time.

One of the best movies in recent years. Amazing script, funny as life.

This one was strangely charming, often times funny and had nice direction. The relationship between the polar opposite leads was the most interesting part of the film with a standout performance from Jacques Gamblin. I really enjoyed this one!

Overall Enjoyment: 25/40, Plot/Themes: 15/20, Cinematography/Direction: 10/20, Acting/Writing: 15/20. Fun comedy with some darker movies interspersed. Nothing too deep, but it's a light fun watch.

so funny, cool and sweet!