Rotten
Director and cowriter Laurent Tirard are clearly under the sway of Shakespeare in Love, but the talented Duris is miscast as the wily Moliere, and Moliere has none of Shakespeare's giddy charm.
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Overview
Molière, a down-and-out actor-cum-playwright up to his ears in debt. When the wealthy Jourdain offers to cover that debt so that Molière's theatrical talents might help Jourdain win the heart of a certain widowed marquise, hilarity ensues.
Director and cast
- Laurent Tirard Director
- Romain Duris as Moliere
- Fabrice Luchini as M. Jourdain
- Édouard Baer as Dorante
- Ludivine Sagnier as Celimene
- Laura Morante as Elmire Jourdain
- Fanny Valette as Henriette Jourdain
- Gonzague Montuel as Valère
- Gilian Petrovski as Thomas
- Sophie-Charlotte Husson as Madeleine Béjart
- Anne Suarez as Catherine de Brie
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
69%
Tomatometer
Fresh
An extravagant and thoroughly irresistible story of intrigue, romance, comedy and artistic inspiration.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Rotten
Lost in the exercise is any insight into Moliere's writing or any relevance to today, making his achievements seem more frivolous -- and considerably less amusing -- than they actually were.
Peter Debruge, Miami Herald
Fresh
Like the playwright's comedies, at its best Moliere shows the depths beneath the archetypes.
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten
Woefully miscast as the seminal 17th-century French farceur Moliere, the intense, black-maned young French movie star Romain Duris never seems more comfortable than the brief moments when he's rotting in a dank jail.
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
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