The defence The Prestige Tourist
“Ambition earns the room.”
The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.
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Jim's Story
Comedy · Drama · 2024
Aymeric runs into Florence, a former coworker, one evening in Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura. She is six months pregnant and single. When she gives birth to Jim, Aymeric is there. They spend happy years together until Christophe, Jim's biological father, shows up... It could be the start of a melodrama, it's also the start of an odyssey into fatherhood.
Movie details
Jim's Story
2024 Comedy · Drama 1h 41m
Critical arithmetic
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TMDB
6.9 / 10
Community rating
Aymeric runs into Florence, a former coworker, one evening in Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura. She is six months pregnant and single. When she gives birth to Jim, Aymeric is there. They spend happy years together until Christophe, Jim's biological father, shows up... It could be the start of a melodrama, it's also the start of an odyssey into fatherhood.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over Jim's Story?
For the defence
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Jean-Marie Larrieu · Arnaud Larrieu
Written by
Arnaud Larrieu · Jean-Marie Larrieu
Karim Leklou
Aymeric
Laetitia Dosch
Florence
Sara Giraudeau
Olivia
Bertrand Belin
Christophe
Noée Abita
Aurélie
Andranic Manet
Jim (23 years old)
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Eol Personne
Jim (7-10 years old)
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Put Jim's Story on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Importance has entered the chat.”
The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.