Editor-in-chief of a fashion magazine, Charly inherits the family butcher’s shop. As she prepares to sell it, she meets Martial, her father’s butcher, who is determined to fight to save the business. Seduced in spite of herself by this man, the new owner could be led to change her mind…
Posted at 12:00 p.m.
Mainly known as a screenwriter, notably thanks to the texts he co-signed with his mother Danièle (Orchestra seats, The code has changed), Christopher Thompson offers his second feature film as a filmmaker, more than 10 years after Palladium bus (of which Marc-André Grondin was one of the headliners).
Alas, the romantic comedy he offers us is sorely lacking in seasoning, as the judges of the Chiefs!. The construction of the story is indeed arch-predictable, and the author does not seem to have tried to divert the codes of the genre to surprise, if only a little.
There is, therefore, on the one hand, the editor of a fashion magazine (Géraldine Pailhas) who, after the death of her father, does not know what to do with the butchery she inherited, if not close shop. On the other, the father’s former assistant, a seductive butcher (Arnaud Ducret), who will try to convince the new owner not to put his disastrous idea into action. What will happen, do you think?
It’s not so much the trajectory of this story that poses a problem, especially since we can obviously appreciate a good romantic comedy for what it is. It is rather the manner which, here, is bland. Apart from a few nicer moments, Tender and rare singularly lacking in good lines and original situations.
It is also worth highlighting the presence of the late Jean-François Stévenin in one of his last roles.
Romantic comedy
Tender and rare
Christopher Thompson
With Geraldine Pailhas, Arnaud Ducret, Alison Wheeler
1:31 a.m.
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