C'est la vie !

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C'est la vie !

2017

1h 57m

Comedy

Drama

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When a luxury wedding celebration in a 17th-century French castle gets terribly out of control, waiters and photographers witness a monstrosity.

Tara Brady

Irish Times

09/10/2018

4/5

Despite a fine, fun, multicultural ensemble cast, not every character and subplot here is gold, but the film breezes along so amiably that its weaker moments never grate. It's a shame that such an obvious crowd-pleaser is getting such a limited release.

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

08/29/2018

3/5

Think of the melting-pot mirth of mingling social strata in The Marriage of Figaro, then subtract Mozart.

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Wenlei Ma

News.com.au

08/19/2018

3/5

It's a mad farce - but the fun, chuckle-worthy kind.

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Lara Ben-Ameur

Espinof

07/30/2019

An excessive length that ends in a hasty and manic way leaves this work even more in evidence as a banquet that lacks seasoning. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Andiee Paviour

Nobody's Reading This But Me

07/07/2019

3/5

As the eye of the celebratory storm of a grand wedding reception in a French chateau, fed-up planner Max is tossed every which way by forces beyond his control.

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C.J. Prince

The Cinessential

06/05/2019

For the most part, it's the talent both in front of and behind the camera that keeps C'est la vie going, pulling off its pick and mix of clichés with enough skill to make it passable like comfort food.

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George H

07/31/2024

I have been a caterer and event planner for 30 years and there is no other movie that is the truest representation of the business. You might watch the film and be enjoying the comedy and say to yourself that is so outlandish, that would never happen. Trust me. It has. It’s really a wonderful movie about my favorite type of the theater. Weddings.

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Wodtraveller

03/12/2023

Love this kind of comedies, jus exquisite! Real French Cinema.

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09/26/2018

Gentle, feel-good comedy. Lots of interesting characters and running gags. Loads of chuckles and some full on laughs. Really enjoyable

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08/25/2018

Regular comedia francesa de situaciones .

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08/15/2018

"Le sens de la fête" is French comedy done right. Hilarious dialogues, fun characters and very good choice of actors in a film that moves tirelessly without missing a beat. It is not graced by the life-affirming abandon of Toledano and Nakache's breakthrough "Intouchables" (2011) or even the follow-up "Samba" (2014), but it too has its small moments of resonance while remaining by far a refreshingly side-splitting endeavor.

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mauro l

06/15/2018

Once upon a time there was Jacques Tati with "Playtime" (1967), a poetic, polite, elegant, intelligent, delicate social satire. A commercial thud. Instead today France has this stuff here. A triumph at the box office. (Mauro Lanari)

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Eric Toledano

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Synopsis

When a luxury wedding celebration in a 17th-century French castle gets terribly out of control, waiters and photographers witness a monstrosity.

Director: Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
Producer: Nicolas Duval-Adassovsky, Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun
Screenwriter: Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
Production Co: La Compagnie Cinématographique, Quad Productions, Gaumont, Panache Productions, Main Journey, TF1 Films Production, Ten Films
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Runtime: 1h 57m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)