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amusant...et rebondissant!!
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02/23/23
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<DIV ALIGN=center><B>GUIDE DE LA PETITE VENGEANCE (2006)
directed by Jean-François Pouliot
starring Marc Béland, Michel Muller, Gabriel Gascon</B></DIV><P><DIV ALIGN=justify>Vengeance has been an important theme in movies this past decades. From <I>Memento</I> to <I>Oldboy</I> and <I>Kill Bill</I>, they all brought different insight and served they revenge differently. The French-Canadian <I>Guide de la petite vengeance</I> tackles the same issue but with more depth and as a dark comedy.<P>Bernard is an accountant in a jewelry. His boss is really taking advantage of him but in a very subtle way, playing on his mind with small pettiness. But when he takes notice of that and his own situation, its too late, cause he has already lost his family and cant really remember who he is, until he meet a strange man, who claims he used to have his job. Together they plan a revenge on Vendôme, the boss. They want to steal just a few diamonds just to bug him a little and feel better about themselves. Its not about the money, it really is about the revenge and appreciating, savouring the moment.<P>The first part of the film is spent establishing the main character and how naive he has become about his life. We understand he didnt always used to be like that and that make his situation even more tragic when he tries, in vain, to win back his wife. We also see the preparation of the robbery with some funny stuff and its all entertaining. Second part is the most interesting though, with the character having to deal with his done revenge and slowly becoming again, who he used to be. <I>Guide de la petite vengeance</I> is filled with details that make the whole experience even more enjoyable. The script by Ken Scott is extremely clever and its very well-written. The insight about what revenge is really all about is very good stuff and the dark humor is perfect with that type of material.<P>It would have been easy to cast bigger stars for this film but except for Pascale Bussières, the cast is made of lesser known actor, but not lesser talent ones. Marc Béland in the lead is perfect, he is believable in both persona he is and used to be. Gabriel Gascon as the boss is cold and scary in a way, he uses his voice perfectly. Michel Mueller, an Austrian actor, quite known overseas, in France, does play psychopath very well. <I>Guide de la petite vengeance</I> can obviously deceive a lot of people cause its made by the same French-Canadian team behind <I>La grande séduction</I> a very funny and feel-good film, so people might expect the same from this one, but its the total opposite, but doesnt mean its not a good film. Good stuff.</DIV>
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02/06/23
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It was okay, although it kinda felt like your standard jewelry shop/bank-heist thriller. Kept me mildly entertained throughout, and while there's nothing really awful about it, there's nothing really spectacular about it either. Very so-so for sure.
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02/18/23
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Tres decevant. Je m'attendais a plus de la part de l'auteur de la Grande Seduction. Le scenario dirige mal son intrigue et semble ne pas savoir comment la terminee et ce qu'il veut demontrer au spectateur. L'humour noir tombe souvent a plat et alourdi le deroulement du film. En fait, ce qui manque surtout au film : c'est du rythme, de la chimie entre les acteurs et de bonnes interpretations. Marc Beland et son accolyte voleur nous laisse insensible devant leur malheur tellement leur interpretation est fade et maladroite. De plus, les deux acteurs sont parfois inaudibles ce qui nous rend la comprehension du film difficile. Il manque enormement de chimie entre les acteurs et d'enthousiasme de leur part vis à vis du projet. Personne ne semble heureux de jouer dans ce film ou de jouer avec son partenaire. Bref, je n'y ai pas cru du tout et j'ai trouve le temps tres long a le visonner. Seule Pascale Bussieres m'a plu par son cote doux et simple, mais encore là , c'est loin d'etre sa meilleure performance.
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01/30/23
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Personnages attachants et imprévisibles. Intrigue bien ficellée.
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02/17/23
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The best Canadian film I saw at last year's VIFF; this Quebecois comedy about a diamond heist demands to be seen. From the director of "Seducing Doctor Lewis"
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
01/14/23
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