Having seen the original more than five times I can say this easily compares in quality. The original Intouchables from 2011, is in French so you need to read subtitles which never worried me. It is brilliant so if you like this and don't mind subtitles find it and watch it.

Normally I am not a huge fan of remakes that the US does of successful foreign movies, but this is an exception to the rule and I will have no hesitation watching this again.

Ignore the bad reviews they either have not watched this or are just remake haters. This has everything a good movie should have and it is highly entertaining.

Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman and especially Kevin Hart are just superb, such a feel good movie with a very very good ending.

Just like I gave Intouchables a few years ago this is an easy 9/10 for me.

Dell Scott (Kevin Hart) has always been about himself. He's on parole and all he cares about is getting signatures for his employment sheet. He doesn't care about the jobs and accidentally stumbles into a job interview. Philip Lacasse (Bryan Cranston) is a billionaire quadriplegic in need of a live-in caretaker. He is bitter at still being alive after his business assistant Yvonne Pendleton (Nicole Kidman) disobeyed his DNR. He is depressed from the death of his wife and the hopelessness of his condition. Dell is struggling to get back into his estranged son's life.

This is adapted from the 2011 French film The Intouchables which is a flawed movie with a sincere message. In my opinion, this remake is far superior to the French original. The original is mostly about race and class. While that is part of the issue in the new movie, it is mostly about Dell's criminal past and his irresponsible attitude that is the center of the premise. That is a far more effective personal drama. As for the acting, it's expected from Cranston and Kidman while Hart is a big surprise. He needs to do a few more dramas. That's not to say that this is in any way a perfect movie. There are several moments when the old clichés go too far. The opera is one of those moments. Dell's conversion is obvious and expected. The movie needs to add something to distract from its inherent conventional nature. I would add a line with Dell saying, "You didn't tell me that she was going to be sista." I really like switching out the egg for the book. I really like the relationships. I love Julianna Margulies' scene. I really like this movie.

To start with, I am a huge Brian Cranston fan, and not just for "Breaking Bad." He has that interesting demeanor and physicality that I like in actors. Here, he is the quadriplegic mega-rich man who made a foolish decision to para-glide in bad weather. He also lost his wife to cancer. He is angry, continuing to live in the world he created while carrying incredible guilt. Kevin Hart is the man who comes along with every wart you can imaging. An ex convict, a thief, a user, a child support cheat. But he is able to connect with Cranston, much to the chagrin of his financial secretary, Nicole Kidman. Hart's character must learn to do all the dirty jobs required to take care of this guy. They clash, but it's often funny, and he give Cranston a reason to smile again. If there's a criticism, it's that the two get into a routine awfully quickly. There is one bitter disappointment that is really hard to watch, when a woman who has been corresponding with the guy decides to meet him. Very tense. Overall, I really can't understand criticism based on a movie that may have been superior. A true critic wouldn't do that. It would be like judging a new version of Les Miserables based on one done in 1935.