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      The Eighth Day

      1996 1h 54m Drama List
      67% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 88% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings An unhappy businessman's (Daniel Auteuil) life changes for the better when he befriends a young man (Pascal Duquenne) with Down syndrome. Read More Read Less

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      Globe and Mail Rated: 2.5/4 Dec 23, 2002 Full Review Mike Clark USA Today Try imagining Rain Man without the laughs but with fantasy sequences featuring a Mexican singer in garb out of Chevy Chase's Three Amigos! and a mouse. Rated: 1.5/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Watching The Eighth Day, I felt contradictory impulses. On the one hand, I was acutely aware of how conventional the story was. On the other, I was enchanted by the friendship between Harry and Georges. Rated: 3/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 4/5 Aug 29, 2005 Full Review David Poland Hot Button Rated: 4/5 Jul 26, 2002 Full Review Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice A buoyant spiritual film that celebrates the mysteries of friendship and precious moments of wonder when life sparkles. Mar 13, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member THIS MOVIE IS NOT AROUND AT ALL< SAVE THIS MOVIE<HELP Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie is horrible. They used a dogs death as a plot devise, Harry is creepy, and some of his scenes makes me uncomfortable. He should never be allowed to be near his children. He attacked his Ex Wife!!! 0 out of 5 stars. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member French version of rain man Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member What a beautiful film. Rarely the cinema shows Down's syndrome like this film does. This is an incredible story of a selfish & workaholic business man who will find peace through his unlikely friendship with Georges, a young man with Down's syndrome but an amazing philosophie of life. Together they will create a bond and their lives will be changed forever. It's extremely well shot, beautifully acted & incredibly fascinating. Maybe one of the most beautiful French film made in the past 20 years. A must see for whomever needs to be reminded that life is a gift and we should be thankful for it, rather than focussing on what's wrong. An utterly lesson of life and the art of living. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member It's not as memorable as Rain Man, but it's a European film in much the same vein. Fair warning: it's ending is more depressing than that of Charlie and Raymond. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Si comparamos esta cinta con Mr. Nobody, parecería que otra persona la dirige. Es un concepto totalmente distinto, no es ni la mitad de ingeniosa y sin embargo la persona detrás de ambas es la misma: Jaco Van Dormael. Se nos presenta una historia en la que dos hombres se conocen y juntos logran superarse y ser mejores. Nada nuevo, pero esperen, porque uno de los muchachos tiene Síndrome de Down, y eso es lo que hace esta historia un poco más interesante. Pero repito, sólo un poco, pues con el paso del tiempo, las situaciones y reacciones de Georges se vuelven repetitivas y bueno, la monotonía no es una buena señal en una película. Pero justo cuando empiezas a darte cuenta de ello, el relato se torna más divertido, "aventurero" y desde luego interesante. El lazo que se forja entre los dos personajes principales es brillante y hasta conmovedor, como la historia en sí, llevando a un desenlace que podría ser triste, pero no lo es. No cabe duda que ésta una comedia, y las risas son de esperarse, sin embargo no me parece bien que se ridiculicé y haga burla de personas con discapacidad mental, como en este caso, para sacar sonrisas a la gente. Pero definitivamente la intención del director es buena e intenta transmitirnos un mensaje de tolerancia y aprecio hacia estas personas. Demostrarnos que lamentablemente son discriminados de manera cotidiana, algo sobre lo que debemos hacer conciencia. Un filme promedio bien logrado que te sacará una que otra carcajada y podrá llevarte a la reflexión. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis An unhappy businessman's (Daniel Auteuil) life changes for the better when he befriends a young man (Pascal Duquenne) with Down syndrome.
      Director
      Jaco Van Dormael
      Producer
      Eric Rommeluere, Dominique Josset
      Production Co
      TF1 Films Production, Pan Européenne, Centre National du Cinéma et de L'image Animée, Homemade Films, Working Title Films, Eurimages, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      French (France)
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $445.1K
      Runtime
      1h 54m
      Sound Mix
      Surround