The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

A delicious, clever dark humor film with some truly outstanding dream scenes. Surrealism at its best.

When I first heard that title, I thought finally someone's going to tell the truth about the bourgeoisie. What a disappointment, it would be hard to imagine a less fair or accurate portrait.

The second mad Bunuel film I watched in two days, and another I really enjoyed. Put me in mind of some of the more surreal and confusing dreams I've had, which is at once fascinating and unsettling. It's probably more accessible in terms of its themes than the other films of his I've seen, but no less intriguing. I've got a boxset of this nonsense - I'll be through it in no time. Recommended.

Surreal, audacious and severly enjoyable, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeroisie is one of the most entertaining, dark and outrageous black comedies ever filmed.

The idea that this movie could be a sitcom (if some of the cruder elements were removed) is highly amusing to me. The solipsism is mind numbing.. it's sort of like No Exit but the individuals are willful participants or occupants in their realities, and that makes all the satire so much more maddening for the viewer.