Fresh
Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton make the life of a middle-aged single person look highly desirable. The Housekeeper doesn't deal in such delusions.
Susan Walker, Toronto Star
Overview
After his wife leaves him for another man, Jacques hires a housekeeper, Laura, to keep his Paris apartment in order. As he starts increasing her hours and spending more time with her on her days off, Jacques is torn between the pleasure of Laura's company, and the headache that such an intrusion brings to his new domain of singlehood.
Director and cast
- Claude Berri Director
- Jean-Pierre Bacri as Jacques
- Brigitte Catillon as Claire
- Jacques Frantz as Ralph
- Émilie Dequenne as Laura
- Axelle Abbadie as Hélène
- Catherine Breillat as Constance
- Apollinaire Louis-Philippe Dogue as le barman
- Amalric Gérard as Julien
- Nathalie Boutefeu as jeune fille au concert
- Laurence Colussi as femme à la terrasse
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
77%
Tomatometer
Fresh
None of this is profoundly new, but the delicacy of the telling is well worth the experience.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Fresh
With their reverse-chemistry, [Bacri and Dequenne are] so good together -- hot and hilarious simultaneously -- that you'd think they'd been a team for ages.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
It's a slight film, well-acted by Bacri and Emilie Dequenne.
Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic
Fresh
An acutely observed (and felt) essay on loneliness.
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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