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What's in a Name

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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.

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Nick Schager The Dissolve 12/17/2013
2.5/5
Merely a one-note roundelay of angry name-calling. Go to Full Review
Stephen Holden New York Times 12/12/2013
This is frivolous verbal jousting elevated to a blood sport by people who are much more resilient than they let on. Go to Full Review
Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News 12/12/2013
3/5
What starts as an entertaining expos of Parisian society eventually becomes exhausting. Go to Full Review
Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com 08/29/2019
2/5
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. Go to Full Review
Lynden Barber Limelight 01/03/2018
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. Go to Full Review
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03/30/2022 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. See more 01/08/2022 Superbe! Les dialogues sont exquis, les personnages attachants. Semblable au Dîner de Cons, en plus dramatique, comme une pièce de théâtre. Bravo! See more 12/27/2021 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. See more 12/02/2021 Excellent movie, great dialogue and happy ending. I couldn't ask for anything more. See more 08/11/2017 Engaging and frequently hilarious chamber piece in the theatrical style. Cleverly expands what initially (and misleadingly) seems to be a rather slight premise. See more 06/14/2017 It's proven now that French-speaking movies when they are about families they are a beautiful mess! It was fun and I enjoyed watching it,but at moments it was tiring, loud and a mess. European cinema is so much different than the mainstream cinema. I love watching a movie, feeling that I'm currently watching a theatrical play and that's exactly what was going on here. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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
M6 Films, TF1 Films Production, Pathé, Nexus Factory, Fargo Films, Chapter 2, uFilm
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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