Hunting and Gathering

2007

1h 37m

Comedy

Drama

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100%

Tomatometer

5 Reviews

75%

Audience Score

10,000+ Ratings

Franck (Guillaume Canet), a boisterous restaurant chef, shares a large Paris apartment with Philibert (Laurent Stocker), a postcard salesman who prefers to keep the world at arm's length. Then one day, their neighbor, Camille (Audrey Tautou), becomes seriously ill, so Philibert invites her to stay with them. She initially clashes with the temperamental Franck, who is juggling work and taking care of his grandmother (Françoise Bertin). But soon the four are living together happily -- almost.

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Jim Lane

Sacramento News & Review

Rated: 4/5

Aug 7, 2008

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Laura Clifford

Reeling Reviews

...a French version of a tale that's become all too familiar in American Independent filmmaking - that of a family constructed from the broken remains of several.

Rated: B-

Jul 1, 2008

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Very simple yet very effective...

Rated: 3.5/4

Apr 6, 2008

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Urban Cinefile Critics

Urban Cinefile

A charming and uplifting film with engaging performances and a music score ripe for humming, even though it is not director Claude Berri's most complete work

Dec 7, 2007

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Boyd van Hoeij

european-films.net

Frothy and intelligent in all the right places until the film's overly clichd ending robs it of much of its off-kilter charm.

Jul 11, 2007

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Audience Member

Endearing characters and a sweet story -- very enjoyable.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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richard i

Affable entertainment, particularly thanks to the always enjoyable Tautou, but with its fair share of inexplicable departures from reality (why would someone with a speech impediment find himself being openly derided by a class of drama students? What would cause anyone to be immediately hostile and unpleasant to a visitor but an ever-so attentive grandson?), and a light subtext of pro-monarchism (the aristocrat who brings people together, feeds his hungry dependents), but with an unignorably positive view of the power of taking responsibility for our nearest and dearest to make us deeply happy.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Read the book a long time ago, and loved the movie. Great acting all around- and, for a change, I loved all the characters, just as I did in the book.It's not high drama, just totally satisfying.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Audience Member

a whimsical comedy performed with heart.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

French subtitles only, but it helps if you understand the language better than you express yourself in it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

A decidedly above average French film. Although a little uneven, it's very grown up and still uplifting.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Françoise Bertin

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Synopsis

Franck (Guillaume Canet), a boisterous restaurant chef, shares a large Paris apartment with Philibert (Laurent Stocker), a postcard salesman who prefers to keep the world at arm's length. Then one day, their neighbor, Camille (Audrey Tautou), becomes seriously ill, so Philibert invites her to stay with them. She initially clashes with the temperamental Franck, who is juggling work and taking care of his grandmother (Françoise Bertin). But soon the four are living together happily -- almost.

Director: Claude Berri
Producer: Pierre Grunstein
Screenwriter: Claude Berri
Production Co: Canal+, Hirsch Productions, TF1 Films Production, Pathé Renn Productions, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 5, 2015
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: Dolby

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