This is the kind of movie which makes the intellectual chic TV magazines drool ...I should have known better when I read their rave review ,I would have spared 90 min of my life.
Edouard Baer hogs the stage ,to put it mildly ;I have rarely seen such a smug , narcissistic self-indulgent actor :he literally savors his words ....which is not much because the lines are neither witty nor really funny (unless the frozen sherperd 's pie counts);nobody here has supplied real poetry ,acidity,bite,humor;what could have been an interesting look at the entertainment industry without steady employement ,where they often run into difficulties when it comes to pay their comedians ,has turned into an annoying and very boring lack of weight or consequence .The jokes are ponderous ,the long wandering all through the night in Paris a spate of clichés ;fans of Audrey Tautou are going to be disappointed ,for she appears only now and then ,probably a wise move in such a dud.
Ah ,outside of their financial difficulties ,they need a monkey for their show;will they be able to find one?
5.4Plot summary
Luigi has one night to save his theater, one of the most prestigious in Paris. One night to find a real monkey able to climb on stage and win back the esteem of his renowned Japanese director. One night to regain the trust of his team and the respect of his best friend, who is also his most trusted colleague. One night, finally, to prove to his young, overconfident and uptight trainee that there is a different way to face (a mountain) of problems: give priority to the one you find the most amusing.
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Monkey shines
The best is the cinematography by night
It is with great sadness that I comment on this movie! What a waste of talent! Audrey Tautou whose interpretations I joyfully recall here in this "comedy (?)" ,is pathetic! The director / actor (Edouard Baer) of this grotesque work, which is supposed to make everybody laugh should never get bringing their vision to reality. ! Surely one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my life! incidentally the character with a bouquet of roses is one of the most ridiculous I've ever seen in this last thirty years I've been watch movies, be french,, english, german, russian and so forth. Not worth spending time following commenting! ... In a scale from 1 to ten I vote 1 , only because there is no zero for users vote...
What a steaming pile this is!
I struggled through the first half hour because it was Audrey Tatou. But the main character is such a repugnant conman who cares more about his own status and image than paying his hard working crew.
She disappears after the first ten minutes or so and then we have to spend time with this ungrateful son of a rabid female dog.
This was just awful.