Chinese Puzzle

R

Released May 16, 2014

1 hr. 54 min.

Comedy

Drama

Romance

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79%

67 Reviews

Tomatometer

67%

2,500+ Ratings

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A 40-year-old divorced father of two cannot cope with his children moving to New York with their mother, so he moves there to be close to them.

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Critics Consensus

Pleasantly easygoing and consistently funny, Chinese Puzzle offers a suitably endearing conclusion to Cédric Klapisch's Trilogy of Xavier.

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jaime h

love this film. it's not perfect but it's a great time and made by a great with a wonderful cast

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Funny, positive tone - nice to watch!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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A surprisingly fresh view on the character and his evolving story, Chinese Puzzle seems as quite an appropriate ending to a trilogy. Great performances from the cast and smooth directions make this a nice standalone movie.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

I though this movie was about a Chinese men making puzzles boy was I wrong. I went to Chinatown and ask the workers if they’ve seen this movie. They told me in Chinese. This a stupid title for a movie and it should’ve flopped. We discussed the movie at their favorite Chinese restaurant. And we laughed how garbage the movie is.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/31/20

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Saw this with my friend josh at his house. Josh is a Chinese major in school and for some reason this movie was in French. Josh put Chinese subtitles and started screaming while writing Chinese words. I told him to calm down and he started wrapping tefflin while doing it woodys face in toy story in The rocket scene. I left the house mad and called an Uber and josh texted me a week later asking if I wanted to go to China with him. I declined because they are communist

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/18/19

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Eight years after Russian Dolls, Xavier and his friends return for what will hopefully be the final chapter in this saga, Chinese Puzzle. At this point the character has become a father and husband, but there are signs that he still hasn’t grown up all that much. I appreciated that he at least appeared to care about his children, even though he still undervalues all the women in his life. But it never felt like he was horribly mistreating the women he was dating in this film like he has in other movies. He just helps his friend horribly mistreat women. His ideas about love and happiness are odd, and they continue to lead him down the wrong path. At this point in the saga I care so little about Xavier that getting invested in his struggles throughout this film is impossible. There were a couple nice moments with the other characters, but nothing that made watching Chinese Puzzle worthwhile. They have one scene that sets up how Xavier might find the right woman for him, and then they abandon that and act as though that was totally irrelevant and the right woman was nothing like what they described. It is just maddening to see how far these characters have come age-wise, and how little some of them have progressed in maturity. I’m glad I’ve finally completed this trilogy, because I want nothing more to do with Xavier.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

05/10/19

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

Sweet.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 22, 2014

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Geoffrey Macnab

Independent (UK)

Klapisch has a tremendous cast and an enjoyably freewheeling approach to his subject matter.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 20, 2014

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Leslie Felperin

Radio Times

A warm, lovable movie that celebrates cultural pluralism and people's ability to mature.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 20, 2014

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Iván Kazi

EscribiendoCine

... Mediocre and digestible comedy. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 7/10

Oct 18, 2022

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David Lamble

Bay Area Reporter

...the charming Duris gives a vivid performance in a story that is the male version of French auteur Julie Delpy's Two Days in New York.

Jun 8, 2020

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Coasting mostly on the affable charm of its stars and likeable characters, this final chapter manages to walk a fine line between hopeful and melancholy as we at last leave them all behind.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 30, 2019

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Synopsis

A 40-year-old divorced father of two cannot cope with his children moving to New York with their mother, so he moves there to be close to them.

Director: Cédric Klapisch
Executive Producer: Raphaël Benoliel
Screenwriter: Cédric Klapisch
Distributor: Cohen Media Group
Production Co: France 2 Cinéma, StudioCanal, Panache Productions, Ce Qui Me Meut, La Compagnie Cinématographique Européenne
Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): May 16, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $335.4K
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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