Fresh
A heavily contrived, undemanding and often funny mainstream Paris-set comedy-drama.
Wally Hammond, Time Out
Overview
Life is easy for 43-year-old Luis, a happy single guy, fulfilled in his job of star nose with a perfume creation company, cosseted by his mother and five sisters. It could have lasted for a whole life, but fed up with mollycoddling and helping him, his mother and sisters decide it's time he got married, and the sooner the better!
Director and cast
- Éric Lartigau Director
- Alain Chabat as Luis Costa
- Charlotte Gainsbourg as Emma
- Bernadette Lafont as Geneviève Costa
- Wladimir Yordanoff as Francis Bertatoff
- Louise Monot as Maxine
- Katia Lewkowicz as Carole
- Grégoire Oestermann as Pierre-Yves
- Véronique Barrault as Catherine
- Marie-Armelle Deguy as Axelle
- Luce Mouchel as Marie
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
53%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Remains in conventional (if enjoyable) movie territory from start to finish.
Lisa Nesselson, Variety
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