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If you loved "The Bucket List," you'll be exclaiming, "Incroyable!"
A box office phenomenon in France, this crowd-pleasing drama is based on a true story but sticks closely to the template for a Hollywood buddy movie.
More than a little unrealistic.
The Intouchables works as a crowd-pleaser not because it's true, but because it's a plausible enchantment.
"The Intouchables" is actually quite touchable.
Some of the elements in the film are inexplicable and some are undeveloped, but there are a handful of nicely crafted set pieces.
There are much better contemporary movies about dealing with the dynamics of being handicapped or wheelchair bound and overcoming obstacles, such as Rust & Bone, Amour, and The Diving bell and the Butterfly.
Despite the blu-ray having little to offer in the way of special features, the film is more than recommendable on its own thanks to its amazing charm and the wonderful performances from Francois Cluzet and Omar Sy.
Without getting into spoilers, can I just say how refreshing it was to watch a film about a physically challenged person that didn't end on a total downer?
Gives its subject too light a treatment for the life-affirming message to feel earned.
This pleasant, predictable, fact-based tale of an unlikely friendship between a quadriplegic and his carer hits all the sweet spots a feel-good movie must.
In the wrong hands this film could have been a sentimental mess. Luckily it's not and instead of being a film about labels, it's about people and the healing power of camaraderie.
I think a lot of people are going to enjoy it but I think it also tries too hard to please that audience and it just shrieks, aiming at that middle bar.
The problem is that if, while you're having a good time with these characters, you start to think about the wider implications of the film, you might find yourself somewhat less enthralled.
Is The Intouchables an enjoyable movie if you overlook a few potentially queasy-making scenes? Absolutely. Is it great filmmaking in the neighbourhood of art? Nope.
Oscar-nominated, lauded at festivals overseas and now, one of the most successful French pictures of all time, The Intouchables is simply irresistible.
The two heartfelt central performances from François Cluzet and Omar Sy will inject you with happiness
Capturing the unspoken shorthand, the adventurousness and the humour essential to enduring friendships makes the The Intouchables must see.
Buddy movies don't come more moving, funnier and more successful than The Intouchables, based on a true story
There are countless magical moments worth recounting - many with humour and involving the clash of the classes - it is not surprising that the film has been a runaway hit in France and elsewhere in Europe
The cliches are so skillfully navigated only the heartless will fail to be charmed.
It's a situation ripe for culture-clash comedy, a set-up that co-directors Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache exploit with gusto, as Driss takes stock of his opulent new surroundings and Philippe rediscovers his appetite for life.
Based on the true story of an unlikely odd couple who give each other a new lease on life, this French comedy-drama is almost irresistibly engaging
It's not subtle. It's not innovative. But it guarantees good humour, pranks, japes and welling-up for two hours.
Sweet French drama about unlikely friendship has some edge.
The film's dominance of the global box office is entirely justified and hopefully it will break through that foreign language glass ceiling in the same way as the likes of Amelie and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
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