InspireGato Film Perfection

Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

runamokprods Reviled by many critics, loved by a solid minority, I ended up in between, but leaning more towards the positive. This is odd absurdist fun (described by one critic as 'Waiting for Godot' meets the New York Post). But the key word is fun. It doesn't feel "good for you", or like a stern lecture on the moral emptiness of modern life. Blier is too goofy for that. So, yes, he comments on how violence has taken over our urban world, how isolated we all are, etc. But he makes you laugh in the process, with sometimes almost 'Three Stooges' like levels of silliness. 'Little Murders' comes to mind, but I enjoyed this more. Yes, it gets repetitive at moments, but the acting (Gerard Depardieu, Bernard Blier, Jean Carmet) is very good, the look (which echoes – I think intentionally – the cold, sharp modern world of 'Clockwork Orange') is terrific, and for every scene that doesn't work, there are a couple that do. Is this great, important film-making? Probably not. But I'd sure as hell rather watch this sort of playful, hyper black comedy of ideas than most of what comes out of Hollywood these days.

jimi99 This is one of my favorite black comedies, on a level with Strangelove, After Hours, The Loved One, Little Murders and Cul de Sac. A kind of Three Stooges meets Samuel Beckett, it successfully traverses farce, slapstick, absurdism, and intellectual existential psychodrama. The stooges are hilarious, particularly Bernard Blier, the great French character actor (and father of director,) while the women are all in danger but really in control of this careening nightmare. The shift 3/4ths of the way through from the surreal city nightscape into the sunny countryside is brilliant and leads to a perfect ending...

Olivier-23 A monument of dark humour, Buffet Froid relies more on what is not said rather than the obvious slapstick humour we're being fed on extensively these days. I showed it to many people and a lot of them admitted they did not understand because it was not "anchored in reality" - to which I answered that not everything is supposed to be. This is superior quality surrealism, and the trio Depardieu-Blier-Carmet works wonders. RENT IT !

Tram-2 Be Warned ! The nature of your oppression is the aesthetic of our anger. To me, this is be the running title of Buffet froid.