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Frenchmen

Frenchmen

Comedy · Romance · 2003

The life of four best friends in Paris: Antoine (a gym school teacher), Jeff (director of a monthly journal), Alex (Jeff's associate in the monthly journal and a Don Juan) and Manu (owner of fine food store). Their time is shared between their respective jobs, their relationship with women (their own and others...) and the times they meet together to discuss about life and play sport lottery.

Movie details

Frenchmen

2003 Comedy · Romance 1h 40m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.5 / 10

1.9K votes

TMDB

6.4 / 10

Community rating

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The life of four best friends in Paris: Antoine (a gym school teacher), Jeff (director of a monthly journal), Alex (Jeff's associate in the monthly journal and a Don Juan) and Manu (owner of fine food store). Their time is shared between their respective jobs, their relationship with women (their own and others...) and the times they meet together to discuss about life and play sport lottery.

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 Frenchmen?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Marc Esposito

Written by

Marc Esposito

Bernard Campan

Bernard Campan

Antoine

Gérard Darmon

Gérard Darmon

Jeff

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Manu

Marc Lavoine

Marc Lavoine

Alex

Ludmila Mikaël

Ludmila Mikaël

Françoise

Fabienne Babe

Fabienne Babe

Lili

Zoé Félix

Zoé Félix

Elsa

Court is in session

Put Frenchmen on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.