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      Marius and Jeannette

      Released Aug 25, 1997 1h 41m Romance Comedy List
      68% Tomatometer 25 Reviews 75% Audience Score 50+ Ratings Marius (Gérard Meylan) works as a guard at a factory that was abandoned when all the jobs were shipped overseas. One day Jeannette (Ariane Ascaride), a profane single mother, tries to steal some paint, but he catches her and dutifully shoos her away. Intrigued and remorseful, he later tracks her down at her apartment building, bearing paint cans as gifts. Romance quickly develops between the two, but they are constantly interrupted by Jeannette's nosy, protective neighbors. Read More Read Less

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      Globe and Mail Rated: 4/4 Apr 12, 2002 Full Review Derek Elley Variety A charming, easygoing portrait of a bunch of characters in a Marseilles neighborhood... Feb 21, 2001 Full Review Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times ...irresistible... Feb 21, 2001 Full Review Brandon Judell Critics Inc./America Online a study of the difficulties working-class love faces when confronted with unemployment, past betrayals, and a deteriorating social structure Aug 30, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jul 2, 2005 Full Review Arthur Lazere culturevulture.net Rated: 5/5 Nov 26, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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      william k Likable, but a bit in-your-face romance in a proletarian milieu with some very good set pieces; the wonderful cast makes it worth the watch. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I haven't seen or heard from Robert Guediguian in awhile which is a real shame. I enjoyed his slice of life treatments of Marseilles and the humanity of its residents. This was the crowning jewel. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member J'adore ce film juste, touchant, tendre et drôle :) Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member Ordinary plot and story line, few funny scenes. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Tres drole! Ça faisait longtps q je voulais le voir. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member It's delightful to see this particular visual style, as used in Delicatessen, actually work for a change. Although I still think there would be much better solutions out there than this dully colorful thing. Anyhow, Jeunet & Caro have made a masterful dark absurd comedy. But it does get too messy towards the end. Remember the couple of Clint Eastwood films with the orangutang? That's right. Every Which Way But Loose is in my opinion a great American movie, at least as long as you don't take it as any kind of a moral lesson. I love it how Eastwood's character is a terrible conversationalist. Marius and Jeanette is a mature and gloriously sunny working-class character drama from Robert Guédiguian. Rio Lobo is the last of the Rio Bravo - El Dorado trilogy, and also Howard Hawk's last film. There's a train robbery sequence in the beginning which is pretty nice, and also some good action at the end, but overall the film is just recycling used ideas, and not doing it particularly well either. That's not to say that it's not entertaining; it's very entertaining for what it is, but not on the same level as the previous two films. Much of the directing and especially the women's acting is all sloppy and unprofessional. Rio Lobo adds yet another version of the famous jail scenario, and for the sake of continuety, why not? It's also nice to see John Wayne being so largely in the 'old man' category that he can be referred to as "comfortable". Hope and Glory gives us a child's view on what it was like to be in London during the second world war bombings. And in that respect it's pretty good. The text and characters however are too impersonal, and therefore a large length of the film goes on rather uninterestingly. The last part at the grandparent's house is visually gorgeous, and even the story and characters gain truer and livelier faces. The little girl and the grandfather are both simply adorable. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis Marius (Gérard Meylan) works as a guard at a factory that was abandoned when all the jobs were shipped overseas. One day Jeannette (Ariane Ascaride), a profane single mother, tries to steal some paint, but he catches her and dutifully shoos her away. Intrigued and remorseful, he later tracks her down at her apartment building, bearing paint cans as gifts. Romance quickly develops between the two, but they are constantly interrupted by Jeannette's nosy, protective neighbors.
      Director
      Robert Guédiguian
      Screenwriter
      Robert Guédiguian, Jean-Louis Milesi
      Distributor
      New Yorker Films
      Genre
      Romance, Comedy
      Original Language
      French (Canada)
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Aug 25, 1997, Original
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $686.4K
      Runtime
      1h 41m