The defence The Sentimental Softie
“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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RRRrrrr!!!
Comedy · 2004
In 35,000 BC, the tribe of the Dirty Hairs is at war against the tribe of the Clean Hairs for eight hundred years, trying to get their shampoo. The chief of the Dirty Hairs sends his daughter Guy disguised to the enemy tribe to get some shampoo for his tribe. When the healer of the Clean Hairs tribe surprisingly kills two cavemen of his tribe, their imbecile chief assigns Pierre with curled hair and Pierre blonde to investigate the murder and find the criminal.
Movie details
RRRrrrr!!!
2004 Comedy 1h 38m
Critical arithmetic
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TMDB
6.3 / 10
Community rating
In 35,000 BC, the tribe of the Dirty Hairs is at war against the tribe of the Clean Hairs for eight hundred years, trying to get their shampoo. The chief of the Dirty Hairs sends his daughter Guy disguised to the enemy tribe to get some shampoo for his tribe. When the healer of the Clean Hairs tribe surprisingly kills two cavemen of his tribe, their imbecile chief assigns Pierre with curled hair and Pierre blonde to investigate the murder and find the criminal.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over RRRrrrr!!!?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
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
Alain Chabat
Written by
Alain Chabat · Jean-Paul Rouve · Pierre-François Martin-Laval · Maurice Barthélemy
Maurice Barthélemy
Pierre (le chef des Cheveux Propres)
Marina Foïs
Guy
Elise Larnicol
Pierre (la femme du chef des Cheveux Propres)
Pierre-François Martin-Laval
Pierre (la Touffe)
Jean-Paul Rouve
Pierre (le Blond)
Pascal Vincent
Pierre (le préveneur de nuit)
Alain Chabat
Pierre (le Guérissologue)
Court is in session
Put RRRrrrr!!! on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“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.