Mr. Stein Goes Online

2017

1h 49m

Comedy

Romance

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44%

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9 Reviews

40%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

A 75-year-old widower discovers online dating and uses a picture of his granddaughter's boyfriend to meet a young woman. When she asks to meet him face to face, he asks someone to go in his place.

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Jake Wilson

The Age (Australia)

Stephane Robelin's Mr Stein Goes Online is Cyrano de Bergerac for the age of the internet, a traditional feelgood movie given a modern gloss. It's also a little discomforting, in ways that Robelin may not have entirely thought through.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 4, 2018

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James Croot

Stuff.co.nz

Recommended for those who like their comedy broad and their more mature cinematic characters brazen.

Rated: 3.5/5

May 31, 2018

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Tony Stamp

Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)

The film plays out like a weird riff on Cyrano De Bergerac, before turning into something much more morally queasy.

Rated: 2/5

May 10, 2018

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Uri Klein

Haaretz

The result is pleasant to watch, even if it leaves behind no powerful trace on the memory.

Dec 22, 2017

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Fernando Alvarez

Clarín

... draws upon the advantages (and disadvantages) of technology to install themes such as old age, loneliness, love conquest and generational differences. [Full review in Spanish]

Dec 6, 2017

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Carlos Marañón

Cinemanía (Spain)

Cyrano changes the sword for contact apps. "And at the end I tweeted you." [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/5

Nov 11, 2017

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Audience Member

French fling is a fraudulent affair. The film lacked in research and plausibility. It is unimaginable that a modern intelligent woman would be so gullible to online impostors when meeting face to face. Even if upon discovering the lie of love, mistrust would have scarred her for life rather than resuming a relationship with the imposter. Furthermore, the film makers confused between the Japanese and Chinese culture by passing off a Japanese sex manual as Chinese. What an insult it was to the Asian culture.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

Nice French comedy. Is hard to make sonething nice out of a comedy based on an old man who starts to surf on internet and, specifically, on date websites. Must to give credit to the director for the success.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Audience Member

Nice romantic comedy!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Synopsis

A 75-year-old widower discovers online dating and uses a picture of his granddaughter's boyfriend to meet a young woman. When she asks to meet him face to face, he asks someone to go in his place.

Screenwriter: Stéphane Robelin
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Original Language: French (France)
Runtime: 1h 49m