Greg & Gentillon

2005

1h 25m

Comedy

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100+ Ratings

Two ambitious but untalented comics (Louis Durand, Thomas Michael) move to the big city to become famous.

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Tony Wong

Toronto Star

The triumph of the largely improvised film is that the characters, with all their naive optimism, are surprisingly nuanced.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 31, 2007

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Rick Groen

Globe and Mail

Greg & Gentillon finds a shiver of poignancy, a hint of tenderness, that's rare in this genre.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 31, 2007

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Liz Braun

Jam! Movies

The two men experience success, heartbreak and homesickness, but never fail to find some heinous cliche or another that will cover the situation (in both official languages).

Rated: 2/5

Aug 31, 2007

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John Patterson

L.A. Weekly

Sending two faux-provincial innocents into real-life situations involving levelheaded, genially imperturbable Canadians offers only the mildest kind of comedy.

Oct 26, 2006

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Aussi genant que drole. Et il est treeeees genant!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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A funny little canadian mockumentary about two odd ball friends trying to make it big as comedians in Toronto.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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An interesting mockumentary, which often makes you wonder if it's fake or not (it is), but ultimately not that funny. I liked it overall, but was expecting more, and could not help but feel a bit disappointed.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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This movie consists of lousy comedians playing lousy comedians. It is not funny or novel. Sacha Baron Cohen has been doing the fake documentary thing for years (Borat, Ali G, etc.) but much better. Many of the scenes were very serious and thus, simply not funny, but this wouldn't work as a drama either, because it doesn't make one care enough. Part of the problem is that the movie is just too believable. They are supposed to be playing lousy comedians when they are, in fact, lousy comedians themselves. Could it be that they are just pretending to pretend? All in all, Greg and Gentillon is only worth seeing if you are from Aylmer, but even then, I would wait until it's in the old release section.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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It wasn't funny, the acting was atrocious, and the idea of a fake documentary isn't unique or creative - it's a sad and sorry cop-out for filmmakers who don't know how to make a real movie. The only reason Greg and Gentillon gets half a star is because Flixster doesn't allow me to give it none.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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This is a very funny film that uses the inherent comedy in awkwardness to great effect.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Matthiew Klinck

Director

Louis Durand

Greg

Thomas Michael

Gentillon

Paolo Mancini

Paul-Emile Emond

Nadia Mansouri

Julie

Louis Durand

Writer

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Synopsis

Two ambitious but untalented comics (Louis Durand, Thomas Michael) move to the big city to become famous.

Director: Matthiew Klinck
Producer: Louise Dallaire
Screenwriter: Louis Durand, Matthiew Klinck, Paolo Mancini, Thomas Michael
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Jan 16, 2007
Runtime: 1h 25m