Fresh
There are enough moments of inspired lunacy to make this worthwhile.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Overview
Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage as Minister of Foreign Affairs for France, waging his own war backed up by the holy trinity of diplomatic concepts: legitimacy, lucidity, and efficacy. Enter Arthur Vlaminck. Hired to write the minister's speeches, Arthur must contend with the sensibilities of his boss and the dirty dealings within the Quai d'Orsay, the ministry's home.
Director and cast
- Bertrand Tavernier Director
- Thierry Lhermitte as Alexandre Taillard de Vorms
- Raphaël Personnaz as Arthur Vlaminck
- Niels Arestrup as Claude Maupas
- Bruno Raffaelli as Stéphane Cahut
- Julie Gayet as Valérie Dumontheil
- Anaïs Demoustier as Marina
- Thomas Chabrol as Sylvain Marquet
- Thierry Frémont as Guillaume Van Effentem
- Alix Poisson as Odile
- Marie Bunel as Martine
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
65%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The films of Bertrand Tavernier have often been fringed with humor, of a rueful kind; now, in his seventies, and in a rousing rebuke to tranquillity, he has turned to farce.
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Fresh
Mr. Tavernier's filmmaking here is loose, almost casual, and you may not always notice what he's doing with the camera as he frames the ministry's choreographed chaos with its whirling people and parts.
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
Rotten
In the first comedy of a 40-year career that includes A Sunday in the Country and The Princess of Montpensier, director and co-writer Bertrand Tavernier tries to do too much.
Mark Jenkins, NPR
Rotten
It's pleasant, and at times very funny, but the meandering episodes mean that despite the long running time, the satire never builds to a payoff.
Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post
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