What's in a Name

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What's in a Name

2012

1h 49m

Comedy

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Vincent tells his childhood friends that he plans to name his child Adolf, and it causes unpleasant memories to surface for some of them.

Nick Schager

The Dissolve

Merely a one-note roundelay of angry name-calling.

Rated: 2.5/5

Dec 17, 2013

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Stephen Holden

New York Times

This is frivolous verbal jousting elevated to a blood sport by people who are much more resilient than they let on.

Dec 12, 2013

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Elizabeth Weitzman

New York Daily News

What starts as an entertaining expos of Parisian society eventually becomes exhausting.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 12, 2013

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

The film manages to avoid feeling like a play on film, but its likeness to other, superior films dealing with similar familial unrest around the dinner table lends it a rather tired air.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 29, 2019

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Lynden Barber

Limelight

Adapting their own material, directors Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patelliere keep it all moving at breakneck speed while adding necessary moments of repose, and the actors ... give it their all.

Jan 3, 2018

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Jim Schembri

3AW

A huge hit in France, the film's verbal thrust-and-parry is so fast you do spend too much time reading the flashing of subtitles than looking at the gesticulations and exaggerated expressions of the players. Bring on the Americanisation, please.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 20, 2013

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Pierre-Olivier P

Bon film mais plusieurs choses le desservent : les personnages sont assez clichés et certaines chutes sont assez évidentes. Valérie Benguigui est excellente et son personnage est vraiment bien travaillé

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/29/23

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Audience Member

I saw a German version of this called "How About Adolf", German title: "Der Vorname", For some reason, I can't find any reference to that film here or in the Wikipedia. I'm not sure whether that film is based on this one or vice versa. In any case, it was a pretty good film. It would make a good stage play with five major characters and one minor character who could perhaps be played by one of the others for the few minutes in which she appears.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Superbe! Les dialogues sont exquis, les personnages attachants. Semblable au Dîner de Cons, en plus dramatique, comme une pièce de théâtre. Bravo!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Is has all that I hate in typical French movies: all you hear is characters arguing and yelling at each other for most of the movie, sometimes over important things, often over trifles. Arguing, yelling, crying, yelling, being upset, arguing, yelling. Too bad, the general idea was interesting.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

Excellent movie, great dialogue and happy ending. I couldn't ask for anything more.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

Engaging and frequently hilarious chamber piece in the theatrical style. Cleverly expands what initially (and misleadingly) seems to be a rather slight premise.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Synopsis

Vincent tells his childhood friends that he plans to name his child Adolf, and it causes unpleasant memories to surface for some of them.

Director: Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de La Patellière
Producer: Dimitri Rassam, Jérôme Seydoux
Screenwriter: Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de La Patellière, Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte
Production Co: Nexus Factory, M6 Films, Chapter 2, TF1 Films Production, uFilm, Pathé, Fargo Films
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 13, 2014
Runtime: 1h 49m
Aspect Ratio: CinemaScope (2,35:1)

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