Poltergay

2006

1h 33m

Comedy

Fantasy

Horror

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60%

Tomatometer

5 Reviews

40%

Audience Score

500+ Ratings

Marc and Emma move into a new house but have no idea that their basement was a gay nightclub. To make matters worse, the club was destroyed by fire, and now the house is haunted by the ghosts of five gay clubbers.

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Jay Weissberg

Variety

Every bit as silly as its title would suggest, Poltergay offers sporadic laughs and plenty of groans.

May 8, 2007

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Simon Foster

sbs.com.au

Poltergay manages to find a winning, fun-loving balance that should satisfy open-minded straight viewers and the gay audience in equal measure.

Aug 9, 2010

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...one consequently can't help but wonder if something's gotten lost in the translation.

Rated: 2/4

Apr 6, 2008

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

One of those sniggering French farces that implies a lot of naughtiness but doesn't deliver much. On the other hand, it is rather a lot of fun.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 11, 2007

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Boyd van Hoeij

european-films.net

Wastes a potentially brilliant premise for a cult classic with pedestrian execution, lame jokes and sequins instead of character development.

Feb 7, 2007

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It was a fun, festive and campy movie that provided lots of laughter and giggles from those of us who enjoyed it!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

Extremely charming, it has found its own way. The end is very lovely indeed. Very different to what I've seen before and I love it!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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thought this would be terrible but infact its quite sweet. Got funnier once the ghosts began to help MArc

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

comÃ©die anecdotique mais sympathique

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Emma and Marc, two young lovers, move into a house which has been uninhabited for thirty years. What they don't know is that in 1979, in a cave under the house, there was a gay disco, which burned down when a foam machine short-circuited, and five bodies were never found. Today, the house is haunted by five gay ghosts. However, only Marc is able to see them, and his visions drive Emma away. The ghosts, touched by Marc's problems, do everything in their power to help him get his girl back.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

For a ridiculous, high-concept comedy... this still isn't good enough. <i>Poltergay</i> has good intentions, but I don't appreciate the way <b>all five</b> gay (ghost) characters are camp, mincing fairies, who all love interior decorating, makeovers and ironing. What a demonstration of diversity! This would be bad enough, but the comedy is rarely funny, the story makes light of serious issues and the film doesn't even have internal logic and there are a couple of giant plot holes. It's quite sweet in parts and Clovis Comillac is a decent lead (though none of the other actors make an impression), and the overall message is a positive one... but it doesn't succeed as a comedy, or a drama, and certainly not a horror, and the gimmick gets tiring after 20 minutes.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Eric Lavaine

Director

Clovis Cornillac

Marc Modena

Julie Depardieu

Emma

Lionel Abelanski

Salopette

Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus

Bertrand

Jean-Michel Lahmi

Gilles

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Synopsis

Marc and Emma move into a new house but have no idea that their basement was a gay nightclub. To make matters worse, the club was destroyed by fire, and now the house is haunted by the ghosts of five gay clubbers.

Director: Eric Lavaine
Screenwriter: Eric Lavaine, Héctor Cabello Reyes
Production Co: M6 Métropole Télévision, Baba Films, TF1 International, M6 Films, Same Player
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Original Language: French (Canada)
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Jun 7, 2007
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 17, 2017
Runtime: 1h 33m

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