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      Whatever

      1999 2h 0m Comedy Drama List
      Reviews 71% Audience Score 250+ Ratings A computer programmer (Philippe Harel) and a 28-year-old (José Garcia) with no sexual experience have no friends and only bad luck with women. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member This is a great adaptation Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member A pointless mind-numbing job, anguished death and not enough sex is all the average man can expect it seems. And love? Pfff... don't make me laugh. I haven't read Michel Houellebecq in years but this superb film, based on his novel and co-scripted by him, is much misanthropically mirthful than I remember his novels being. Harel is brilliant as the director/actor and all the scenes are razor sharp and exact to a point. Literary adaptations are a risky business but Harel succeeds magnificently here and the film deserves to be more well known than it is I feel. But speaking of razors - pass the box of them over here. Now, please. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Premier (et meilleur) bouquin de Michel Houellebecq porte a l'ecran par Philippe Harel qui, en fan enthousiaste de l'auteur, a voulu livrer le travail le plus respectueux possible du materiau d'origine. Il en resulte une oeuvre longue, souvent indigeste, mais a laquelle on ne reprochera certainement pas de manquer de fidelite a l'ecrit. C'est presente de maniere assez pedante, avec des acteurs parfois carrement piteux (sauf le duo Garcia/Harel, convaincant). Neanmoins, les theories contenues dans le bouquin lui conferaient un reel interet et le film repose donc sur des bases solides. Reste qu'avec son cote statique et sinistre - volontaire, ceci dit -, se l'envoyer d'une traite est une veritable gageure. Et la voix off trainante et depassionnee responsable de 85% des lignes de dialogue donne souvent l'impression qu'on est en face d'un audio-book avec des images. Mise en scene audacieuse ou preuve qu'il etait superflu d'en faire un film ? Chacun en jugera par lui meme apres avoir visionne ce qui constitue quand meme une excellente introduction a l'oeuvre de Houellebecq. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Ya es hora de leer una novela de Houellebecq, puede que esta adaptacion no sea una obra maestra, pero esta bien lograda...(Fane) Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Teaser: l'amour ne donne pas de sens a la vie... bien au contraire, il ne sert qu'a cacher la merde environnente, sans but ni regles qui nous entoure... sympa la reflexion. Un peu long quand meme. J'avais pas envie de lire le livre mais je vais le faire. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Darkly comic slice of French cynicism and misanthropy. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A computer programmer (Philippe Harel) and a 28-year-old (José Garcia) with no sexual experience have no friends and only bad luck with women.
      Director
      Philippe Harel
      Screenwriter
      Philippe Harel, Michel Houellebecq
      Genre
      Comedy, Drama
      Original Language
      French (France)
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 22, 2017
      Runtime
      2h 0m
      Sound Mix
      Surround