Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Cissy Évelyne It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

leplatypus This movie belongs to the kind that organizes the world around a very strange character : so Brice is a bit like Pee-Wee as he is inhabited and driven by his insane passion for surf. So the beginning of the movie when it's about meeting this character is indeed fun. But next, there is really no more story as his daily life is chattered and it takes long minutes to find a new direction : winning the surf contest for his new buddy ! But then, the movie lacks production and inspiration as we have really no feeling to be at a beach ! It's faraway of having a summer or vacation fun and Brice starts to be annoying as he tells the same jokes since one hour now ! The romance between his pal and the girl is pretty stupid as much as Cornillac is really a poor actor ! I rent the movie too because Alex was on the credits but she has nearly no screen time ! To resume, as the character was originally just a sketch, it should have been stayed like this because a movie is not about a such little fun moment !

dbdumonteil In 1995, Jean Dujardin organized his first shows around a character he knew when he was in high school entitled Brice. The latter took himself for someone witty, clever and whose formidable verbal words helped him to maintain respect around him. Dujardin kept him in memory to create an eternal teenager and a dreamy rich kid, fond of surfing who's waiting for his hour glory."Brice De Nice" was one of the most profitable movies in 2005 from a commercial perspective. Artistically, well it's another story. The main problem with James Huth's effort or rather Dujardin's (the director contents himself with shooting without the single directing idea and it's the star who holds the reins) is that it has strongly the look of a stretched sketch to make a one hour and a half film. It means that a few jibes can be funny for a short time and it's a mistake to believe they that can be the only reliable supplier of laughter for a thin story. Hello weariness! To flesh out (so to speak) the whole, comes a two-bit subplot in the second half between Clovis Cornillac and Elodie Bouchez and superfluous filler (the sequence in the bank turned into a pseudo musical. By the way, the song "C'est Le Casse De Brice" was bound to be a big hit in France). Even with the adoption of a deliberately schoolboy tone, the whole doesn't take off on the crest of the waves but sinks at the bottom of the sea.To appreciate "Brice De Nice" is like to appreciate the hilarious sitcom: "Un Gars, Une Fille": in small doses. Besides, Alexandra Lamy has a cameo in Huth's effort. As for Dujardin, he has real actor skills and proved it with his aforementioned shows and the quoted sitcom but also in cinema with "OSS 117: Le Caire Nid D'Espions" (2006), he nearly grabbed the César for French Best Actor this year with this role. But, here, it's not a film he would put on top of his CV. Anyway, teenagers or little demanding viewers will love this one.

geofverney I had a great time watching this movie. Why? Simply because when I got out of the screening, I felt full of energy and i had a smile on my face. You can't say this from a lot of comedies, let alone movies of course.There is no shame in making comedies. I don't understand why a movie should always be dramatic or convey a message. In a way, it has its own weird kind of humor just like the Monty Python had their own weird kind of humor. If you don't feel like watching this kind of movies, just don't go, you won't like it! If you're ready to experience a genuine weird French humor. Try it, you may love it!

vonmerey The well-known, very popular jokes of the character "Brice de Nice", a young, lost youth, never took much more than a couple of minutes to make one laugh, and never keeping the tension for much longer a time. If you sum up the five or six jokes, that leaves you with, say, fifteen minutes of fun. The pity is that the movie takes much longer! I just hope that it taught a lesson to other stand-up comedians who, in the heat of success, plan to make a movie about their favorite character. Not every joke is matter enough for an hour's time. It's not even good for the comedian's career, if he's constantly reminded of the bad movie he did a couple of years ago. If there's anything but money to justify this movie, tell me. Another evening lost in the cinema, watching a disappointing french comedy!