Chinese Puzzle

May. 16,2014      R
Rating:
6.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can't bear them growing up far away from him and so he decides to move there as well.

Romain Duris as  Xavier Rousseau
Audrey Tautou as  Martine
Cécile de France as  Isabelle
Kelly Reilly as  Wendy
Sandrine Holt as  Ju
Flore Bonaventura as  Isabelle, la babysitter
Jochen Hägele as  les philosophes allemands
Benoît Jacquot as  le père de Xavier
Martine Demaret as  la mère de Xavier
Li Jun Li as  Nancy

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Reviews

Lawbolisted
2014/05/16

Powerful

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PodBill
2014/05/17

Just what I expected

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Cleveronix
2014/05/18

A different way of telling a story

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Derry Herrera
2014/05/19

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

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Que no me toque un alto delante
2014/05/20

A very fresh and current plot. With a lively back and forth between the first person's "off" thoughts and concrete dialogue between characters. The actors Duris and Tautou nail their papers, although it is not a job to highlight. The rest does well. In tune with its trilogy's predecessors ("L'auberge espagnole" and "The Russian Dolls") Kaplisch gives us a very entertaining, very fresh comedy with a seal undoubtedly French. This time, we see the characters through the crisis of the 40s (or late 30s). I think that Klapisch could very well summarize the "evils" afflicting this generation at this historic moment, resulting in a film that becomes very close, with situations that can happen to anyone and very relatable characters. OK, yes ....it's a little strange that everything happens to him, but I think the situations are very possible in the world today, and are synthesized in a character in a few months (allowed for the sake of comic effect) . With very funny moments and others flatter, I think achieves the goal. It is not an awesome movie, but recommended for a very pleasant time.

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writers_reign
2014/05/21

Because of his involvement with Un Air de famille - he directed a great screenplay by Agnes Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri - I'm prepared to overlook any flawed movies by Cedric Klapish so that despite an aversion to Romaine Duris I did, in fact, see both L'Auberge Espagnol and Les Poupees Russe, both of which feature a melange of characters at different (2002, 2005) times in their lives, and I didn't really care for either of them. This third outing reunites Duris with Audrey Tautao, Cecile de France and Kelly Reilly, all now more or less forty years old and maybe I'm mellowing but I actually enjoyed it in the main, even Duris is less swaggering and acting like God's gift as is his usual wont. This isn't the same as saying that I'll rush out and buy the DVD the minute it appears in the shops but it is a pleasant and fairly harmless diversion.

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Andrew Morrison
2014/05/22

A very entertaining movie. Romantic comedy. French with subtitles.Inappropriate for young people - lots of bad language, sex, and one violent scene.Excellent cast including Romain Duris, Audrey Tatou, Cecile De France, and Kelly Reilly.40 year old author's life keeps getting more and more complicated - an ex-girlfriend and another ex-girlfriend and a gay girl friend and her girlfriends and the first one's kids and the second one's kids and the third one's kid - several of which are his - and the City of New York stars in in this one.Try it. I liked it.

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cipnrkorvo
2014/05/23

It's great even if you haven't seen the 2 first movies! But if you have, know that it brings you the same kind of lightness and fun. Makes you want to enjoy life to the fullest! Each character is perfectly built up, and you get attached to all of them (I feel like I know them personally and would happily move in with them!)Of course, this movie builds up on the story that started 20 years earlier, so it's great to see how each of these people evolved, how life changes, and how it's still linked to the past. It's hard not to fall in love with these people! Each of the 3 movies happens in a totally different place. So let yourself be carried away!

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