The defence The Arthouse Gremlin
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Paulette
Crime · Comedy · 2012
Paulette lives alone in a housing project in the Paris suburbs. With her meager pension, she can no longer make ends meet.
Movie details
Paulette
2012 Crime · Comedy 1h 27m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.4 / 10
Community rating
Paulette lives alone in a housing project in the Paris suburbs. With her meager pension, she can no longer make ends meet.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Paulette?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
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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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Jérôme Enrico
Written by
Laurie Aubanel · Cyril Rambour · Bianca Olsen
Bernadette Lafont
Paulette
Carmen Maura
Maria
Dominique Lavanant
Lucienne
F
Françoise Bertin
Renée
André Penvern
Walter
Axelle Laffont
Agnès
Paco Boublard
Vito
Court is in session
Put Paulette on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.