The French Dispatch
The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.
- Released: 2021-10-21
- Runtime: 108 minutes
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Stars: Bill Murray, Benicio del Toro, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Owen Wilson, Timothée Chalamet, Léa Seydoux, Mathieu Amalric, Lyna Khoudri, Steve Park, Liev Schreiber, Elisabeth Moss, Edward Norton, Willem Dafoe, Lois Smith, Saoirse Ronan, Christoph Waltz, Cécile de France, Guillaume Gallienne, Jason Schwartzman, Tony Revolori, Rupert Friend, Henry Winkler, Bob Balaban, Hippolyte Girardot, Anjelica Huston, Denis Ménochet, Alex Lawther, Vincent Lacoste, Benjamin Lavernhe, Vincent Macaigne, Félix Moati, Wallace Wolodarsky, Fisher Stevens, Griffin Dunne, Stéphane Bak, Anjelica Bette Fellini, Lily Taïeb, Mohamed Belhadjine, Nicolas Avinée, Winsen Ait Hellal, Toheeb Jimoh, Larry Pine, Tom Hudson, Jarvis Cocker, Bruno Delbonnel, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Damien Bonnard, Morgane Polanski, Antonia Desplat, Sam Haygarth, Pablo Pauly
- Director: Wes Anderson
Comments
- totope-61583 - 9 April 2024
I would love to adore this movie. Unfortunately, I am not French.
This movie is amazing in aesthetics, style, story rythm, beautiful mid-century colors and a history that I couldn't fully comprehend because... i am not french. There are so many gags and facts that I felt like I have missed because I couldn't comprehend them. How could I? My knowledge of french history comes from my poor american school history knowledge and stops at world war two like most people's. And the students revolts were nothing but a funny little fact on cold war history. So I was really confused to what was going on throught all the film.
The movie felt very french though!!
...if I knew what feeling french means.
In short, I couldn't connect as much as I wanted, and you probably didn't as well. Which is why I give this movie a solid 7 out of ten. It overpasses six, but it's still not as good as an eight. - lenalabruna - 19 September 2023
Groupie
Is what you'll have to be to enjoy this. Those that like the slow paced abstract style of Wes will love it but everyone else with hate it.
A more objective view would include details of great DP work, some image were lovely but the narrative had a plot that needed its own manual and commentary.
The majority of film goers want to escape their difficult lives for 90mins not enter a labyrinth of thinking and interpreting. I might enjoy this in retirement but less thinking is better at the end of a long week.
Good cast that was somewhat wasted on a plot-less series of vignettes, i didnt finish it and fell asleep so if it tied together someone how, Im sorry.
ZZzzzz.
