The French Minister
Comedy
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2013
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Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage as Minister of Foreign Affairs for France, waging his own war backed up by the holy trinity of diplomatic concepts: legitimacy, lucidity, and efficacy. Enter Arthur Vlaminck. Hired to write the minister's speeches, Arthur must contend with the sensibilities of his boss and the dirty dealings within the Quai d'Orsay, the ministry's home.
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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
113 min
Release date:
6 Nov 2013
Country:
FR
Languages:
French, Hungarian
Budget:
$5,112,027
Revenue:
$5,586,646
Awards:
3 wins & 10 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
There are enough moments of inspired lunacy to make this worthwhile.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
10 Apr 2014
fresh:
The films of Bertrand Tavernier have often been fringed with humor, of a rueful kind; now, in his seventies, and in a rousing rebuke to tranquillity, he has turned to farce.
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
31 Mar 2014
fresh:
Mr. Tavernier's filmmaking here is loose, almost casual, and you may not always notice what he's doing with the camera as he frames the ministry's choreographed chaos with its whirling people and parts.
– Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
20 Mar 2014
rotten:
In the first comedy of a 40-year career that includes A Sunday in the Country and The Princess of Montpensier, director and co-writer Bertrand Tavernier tries to do too much.
– Mark Jenkins,
NPR,
20 Mar 2014
rotten:
It's pleasant, and at times very funny, but the meandering episodes mean that despite the long running time, the satire never builds to a payoff.
– Farran Smith Nehme,
New York Post,
19 Mar 2014