Adventures of Félix
Sometimes a little trip can change everything
Sometimes a little trip can change everything
Comedy
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2000
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A charming comedy about going on a rather long walk. Félix is a laid-back guy living in the bleak northern coastal town of Dieppe. He lives happily with his lover Daniel and is a soap opera enthusiast and HIV-positive. After losing his job, Félix decides to find the father he never knew in Marseilles. Agreeing to meet Daniel in the southern port city in a week's time, Félix throws on his backpack and starts hiking. On his way, he discovers that family need not always be connected by blood.
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Rated:
Unrated
Runtime:
92 min
Release date:
19 Apr 2000
Country:
FR
Languages:
French
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
5 wins & 2 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
It would all be too obviously feel-good if Ducastel and Martineau weren't also tuned in to the liberating drift of the open highway and a sharp native humor that adds needed flesh and blood to their walking metaphors.
– Paul Malcolm,
L.A. Weekly,
1 Oct 2002
rotten:
Narratively, what we have here is a basic road movie, a genre that too often doubles as an excuse to hide a flawed script -- merely an episodic series of loose vignettes.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
19 Mar 2002
rotten:
We realize early on that nothing much is going to happen ... and it's hard to stay fully engaged with a film that, frontal nudity notwithstanding, plays it so safe.
– Tom Sime,
Dallas Morning News,
6 Dec 2001
fresh:
It has a personable character in Felix.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
25 Oct 2001
fresh:
Although the movie never so much as flirts with melodrama, there is still a bittersweet undercurrent throughout Adventures of Felix.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
21 Sep 2001