Fresh
It's a comic-strip version of one man's life and times, but it's tres cool.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
Overview
A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in the 1960s to his death in 1991 at the age of 62.
Director and cast
- Joann Sfar Director
- Éric Elmosnino as Serge Gainsbourg
- Lucy Gordon as Jane Birkin
- Laetitia Casta as Brigette Bardot
- Doug Jones as La gueule
- Anna Mouglalis as Juliette Greco
- Mylène Jampanoï as Bambou
- Sara Forestier as France Gall
- Kacey Mottet Klein as Lucien Ginsburg
- Răzvan Vasilescu as Joseph Gainsburg (le père)
- Dinara Drukarova Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
73%
Tomatometer
Fresh
While the movie's on a roll, it's zesty, engaging and frisky.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Fresh
In short, Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life is a charmer.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
French pop star Serge Gainsbourg was as much iconoclast as icon, so it's fitting that this fanciful biopic is both affectionate and irreverent.
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Alas, "Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life" loses steam and grows more perfunctory as it wears on.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
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