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10/18/08
The Valet (2007)
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Reviews Counted:80
Fresh:55
Rotten:25
Average Rating:6.6/10
Consensus: Like much of director Francis Veber's work, The Valet is a witty, madcap farce with memorably zany characters.
Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
US Box Office: $2,172,209
Synopsis: Francis Veber (The Dinner Game and The Closet), the living master of French farce, has combined his classic elements of hilarious slapstick with quick-witted dialogue in the new film THE VALET. The... [More]
Starring: Gad Elmaleh, Daniel Auteuil, Kristin Scott Thomas, Richard Berry
Director: Francis Veber
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10/18/08
Top CriticCute, breezy, and fun.
08/28/08
There are a few extra plot threads that feel like parking spaces that don't quite fit, but the story is squeezed in anyway. I'd still check out the valet.
12/21/07
A charming if familiar French comedy of manners, again showing writer-director Francis Veber's skillful touch as a farceur, this time with elegant British actress Kristin Scott Thomas and vet Daniel Auteuil, who could have played this role in his sleep
09/18/07
Very, very sleepy and low-key.
09/14/07
The movie is so tame you may find your mind wandering toward the casting of the inevitable Hollywood remake. (Jonah Hill as Pignon, perhaps?)
09/07/07
I can even see Adam Sandler starring in an American remake. Can't you just see a dopey, befuddled Sandler sharing a lumpy little twin bed with, say, Jessica Alba?
08/15/07
Except for a slightly misguided final scene, LA DOUBLURE (THE VALET) is a great dessert movie: a brisk and breezy romp that will leave audiences smiling.
07/14/07
I kept fantasizing about how great this film would have been if Eric Rohmer had made it.
06/21/07
It's not as outrageous or as hilarious as his best work, but it's still charming, even when it isn't finding the funnybone.
06/20/07
If you're in the mood for Gallic lightheartedness, you know where to go.
06/08/07
One can see Moliére being jealous of the plot line, and Karl Marx applauding. You see capitalists who exploit the masses do not fare too well in this venture.
06/08/07
Veber fills the film with engagingly quirky characters and bright gags that keep it floating along with such assurance that it constantly charms.
06/06/07
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06/02/07
Improbable? Perhaps, but one of writer-director Francis Veber's gifts as a farceur is to make the unlikely both credible and amusing.
06/02/07
What fun! Not really.
06/01/07
Veber's dialogue is as witty as ever, and he gets great mileage out of his likable cast, particularly Elmaleh and Taglioni.
06/01/07
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