So IMDb won't take my comment in French for a french movie! If I take the time to write ten lines, it's to warn people about that film. It is Awful. Jokes are lame and Berry keeps on cursing all along the film. One of the worst films I have ever seen. Shot and written by some people who gives the TV it's best/worst "téléfilm Du Jeudi of TF1", they should stick to the TV and not make movies for the theaters. Richard BERRY and Gilbert MELKI, who are great actors by the way, must have done this one to pay their taxes, I don't see any other reason. If you like those actors, may be you can try "La Vérité Si JE Mens", or may be "Comme ton Père" for Richard and Lucas Belvaux's Trilogy for Gilbert. Your time would be best spent ! Awful movie, don't watch this one.
4 Reviews
funny little film
suicidea23 April 2005
This is a funny little French film which delivers just what it promises: 90 minutes of entertainment. There are some moments that will make you laugh aloud, and many that'll keep a smile on your face. The plot is simple, and one that's been done a lot lately: What would happen if everything went wrong, in just one day? It's not the funniest picture out there, but it's a refreshing one after the dozens of moronic Hollywood comedies. It puts a nice European touch of style. The leads are very good, story simple, and the jokes are funny.
Contains a few scenes of nudity (not sex) and some language, but nothing extreme. Anyway, watch at your own risk with your kids.
Contains a few scenes of nudity (not sex) and some language, but nothing extreme. Anyway, watch at your own risk with your kids.
bad day (R.E.M.)
dbdumonteil23 March 2006
This Miguel Courtois' vehicle is overlooked when I check the mark: a more than lowly 5,0 out of 10. Why is it rated so low? What's the problem?
Already back in the spring 1999 when it reached the streets, it should have deserved a better commercial fate. Prior to this, the director Miguel Courtois cut his teeth on made-for-TV movies and generally the transition to the silver screen for a made-for-TV movies is a perilous task but Courtois doesn't seem to have known this. With this highly charged little comedy, he displays real skills in directing which are worth of a comedy virtuoso. The unities of place action and time (check the title) are virtually respected: a big, solemn building which in the space of nearly twenty-four hours will be the perfect backdrop for a series of various disasters which will shatter Marc Chanois (Richard Berry)'s day.
And however his day appears to start under auspicious skies. His pedantic timetable must occupy a momentum day around two vital events. The first one is of a professional order: an important tycoon, Zucker must sign a capital contract which would reinforce the stance of Chanois' firm (he's a Parisian insurance agent). The second one is of a private order and must take place the same evening: he must marry his fiancée Sabine and makes the acquaintance of his stepfather. Alas! From the outset a gallery of weirdos hangs around. Various subplots will intertwine with hilarious consequences but not for poor Chanois...
The film promises great things and will deliver them throughout unfortunate Marc's mishaps while easily filling its quota of laughter. All right, the tenet of a man who has a nightmarish day isn't of an astounding originality but the scenarists have signed a painstakingly built scenario with deftly well-organized sequences. The most delightful one will be perhaps the following one: see the moment when Zucker is about to sign the fundamental contract. Anne Brochet's blunders would be sufficient to justify the vision of the film. But we mustn't neglect the rest of the film. It is interspersed with droll gags, preposterous but noticeable gags which will play a significant role in Marc's slump.
Courtois makes adopt his camera an increasingly hectic pace as Marc's bad day passes by while keeping as much clarity as possible. He shows respect for the audience and hasn't forgotten that a film is a communicative link with the viewer. He pulls off with gusto to film poor Marc's trouble and their evolution with a stringent accuracy and the audience never loses the thread amid these unexpected events and disasters which poison Marc's day. One feels that Courtois shot this comic film in a rousing and perfectionist spirit.
One shouldn't pass over the topnotch cast the movie boasts. Their input in the disturbance of this mad day is total. The persona of each character fits them like a glove and fuels the communicative pleasure with the viewer. Anne Brochet, the freewheeling nymphomaniac lover who has a crush on Berry again. Gilbert Melki as a narrow-minded, violent virile macho man. Guilaine Londé as a not-so-clever secretary and of course Richard Berry as the edgy main character. He circumvents the traps a role like his could tend, notably the over-the-top acting. He nearly never gives in to wild mood swings and offers a stalwart acting fraught with self-control and softening anger. Only Sabine's father is a cardboard character but that's minor quibble.
Don't let the low rating fool you and make yourself a treat with this genteel, taut comedy which without Courtois' accuracy would have been a woolly hodgepodge.
Already back in the spring 1999 when it reached the streets, it should have deserved a better commercial fate. Prior to this, the director Miguel Courtois cut his teeth on made-for-TV movies and generally the transition to the silver screen for a made-for-TV movies is a perilous task but Courtois doesn't seem to have known this. With this highly charged little comedy, he displays real skills in directing which are worth of a comedy virtuoso. The unities of place action and time (check the title) are virtually respected: a big, solemn building which in the space of nearly twenty-four hours will be the perfect backdrop for a series of various disasters which will shatter Marc Chanois (Richard Berry)'s day.
And however his day appears to start under auspicious skies. His pedantic timetable must occupy a momentum day around two vital events. The first one is of a professional order: an important tycoon, Zucker must sign a capital contract which would reinforce the stance of Chanois' firm (he's a Parisian insurance agent). The second one is of a private order and must take place the same evening: he must marry his fiancée Sabine and makes the acquaintance of his stepfather. Alas! From the outset a gallery of weirdos hangs around. Various subplots will intertwine with hilarious consequences but not for poor Chanois...
The film promises great things and will deliver them throughout unfortunate Marc's mishaps while easily filling its quota of laughter. All right, the tenet of a man who has a nightmarish day isn't of an astounding originality but the scenarists have signed a painstakingly built scenario with deftly well-organized sequences. The most delightful one will be perhaps the following one: see the moment when Zucker is about to sign the fundamental contract. Anne Brochet's blunders would be sufficient to justify the vision of the film. But we mustn't neglect the rest of the film. It is interspersed with droll gags, preposterous but noticeable gags which will play a significant role in Marc's slump.
Courtois makes adopt his camera an increasingly hectic pace as Marc's bad day passes by while keeping as much clarity as possible. He shows respect for the audience and hasn't forgotten that a film is a communicative link with the viewer. He pulls off with gusto to film poor Marc's trouble and their evolution with a stringent accuracy and the audience never loses the thread amid these unexpected events and disasters which poison Marc's day. One feels that Courtois shot this comic film in a rousing and perfectionist spirit.
One shouldn't pass over the topnotch cast the movie boasts. Their input in the disturbance of this mad day is total. The persona of each character fits them like a glove and fuels the communicative pleasure with the viewer. Anne Brochet, the freewheeling nymphomaniac lover who has a crush on Berry again. Gilbert Melki as a narrow-minded, violent virile macho man. Guilaine Londé as a not-so-clever secretary and of course Richard Berry as the edgy main character. He circumvents the traps a role like his could tend, notably the over-the-top acting. He nearly never gives in to wild mood swings and offers a stalwart acting fraught with self-control and softening anger. Only Sabine's father is a cardboard character but that's minor quibble.
Don't let the low rating fool you and make yourself a treat with this genteel, taut comedy which without Courtois' accuracy would have been a woolly hodgepodge.
"people also freak out when they see moths flying around."
morrison-dylan-fan7 July 2016
Warning: Spoilers
Taking a look for movies from 1999,I stumbled across a French Comedy. Originally put off by the "nasty" title,I was surprised to discover that it actually had some very good reviews!,which led to me getting ready to find out how bad the day could be.
The plot:
Deciding to propose to his girlfriend Sabine , Marc Chanois arranges for Sabine's parents to come down on her birthday,so that he can ask for Sabine's hand in marriage,and also give her a car as a birthday present. Before he goes to meet them, Chanois first must get a major deal signed up for his insurance firm.Due to the insurance office being based in a residential tower block (!) Chanois finds Sabine's present to attract the worst muck from the residences.Trying to keep the car safe, Chanois finds his office to fall into misunderstanding chaos.Whilst attempting to get a grip on things, Chanois's ex-girlfriend decides to stage an unexpected visit.
View on the film:
Backed by Roland Romanelli's time shaking score,director Miguel Courtois & cinematographer Philippe Pavans de Ceccatty brilliantly capture the frantic atmosphere with darting camera moves swinging round the tower block of Chanois's misadventures.Blocking any easy route out for Chanois, Courtois allows the outrageous physical Comedy to be smacked across the screen,whilst making sure to always give space,in order for the smooth romance to blossom.
Despite having a smelly title,the screenplay by Pierre Colin-Thibert and Jean-Claude Islert leaps over the sick bucket by giving Chanois an unexpectedly sweet determination to pull himself out of the mess in order to make Sabine happy.Putting the office in the middle of a tower block,the writers roll out a delicious number of quirky characters from Chanois's naked ex-girlfriend,to a shaking like a leaf secretary. Putting up with all the poo, Richard Berry gives a fabulous performance as Chanois,thanks to Berry holding Chanois's head up high,even as a hilariously harsh comedic nightmare falls from the sky,as Chanois crosses his fingers that he will be coming up roses.
The plot:
Deciding to propose to his girlfriend Sabine , Marc Chanois arranges for Sabine's parents to come down on her birthday,so that he can ask for Sabine's hand in marriage,and also give her a car as a birthday present. Before he goes to meet them, Chanois first must get a major deal signed up for his insurance firm.Due to the insurance office being based in a residential tower block (!) Chanois finds Sabine's present to attract the worst muck from the residences.Trying to keep the car safe, Chanois finds his office to fall into misunderstanding chaos.Whilst attempting to get a grip on things, Chanois's ex-girlfriend decides to stage an unexpected visit.
View on the film:
Backed by Roland Romanelli's time shaking score,director Miguel Courtois & cinematographer Philippe Pavans de Ceccatty brilliantly capture the frantic atmosphere with darting camera moves swinging round the tower block of Chanois's misadventures.Blocking any easy route out for Chanois, Courtois allows the outrageous physical Comedy to be smacked across the screen,whilst making sure to always give space,in order for the smooth romance to blossom.
Despite having a smelly title,the screenplay by Pierre Colin-Thibert and Jean-Claude Islert leaps over the sick bucket by giving Chanois an unexpectedly sweet determination to pull himself out of the mess in order to make Sabine happy.Putting the office in the middle of a tower block,the writers roll out a delicious number of quirky characters from Chanois's naked ex-girlfriend,to a shaking like a leaf secretary. Putting up with all the poo, Richard Berry gives a fabulous performance as Chanois,thanks to Berry holding Chanois's head up high,even as a hilariously harsh comedic nightmare falls from the sky,as Chanois crosses his fingers that he will be coming up roses.
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