So much average

Great Film overall

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

for understand the life as large collection of nuances.for discover a kind of mirror for human types. for a kind of lovely crumbs from Charlot universe. for its humor and for the beggar. for the coffee cups and for the temptations of honorable man. for the reflection of small pieces who defines each day for each of us. for poetry of details. and, sure, for the great job. it is something unique in its case. the mixture of humanity and appearances, the characters gestures as ours. and the music. an useful film. that is all. interesting, touching in special manner, delicate and precise. an old fashion film. French in spirit, universal in seductive soft beauty.

This Academy-Award-nominated short film centers around a businessman who sadly forgot his purse. So there he is the "poor" fella sitting at a café ordering coffee after coffee to avoid the waiter getting him the invoice. Which is constantly rising this way of course. Thankfully he's not alone at the café. There's a sleepy old God-devoted lady next to him with a whole bunch of banknotes in her bag. Oh no, he won't. Or will he?This film thrives mostly through the character animation. Joubert, the director, succeeds in making all five characters compelling to watch thanks to his fixation on detail. You almost regret you can't focus on several characters at the same time occasionally as their actions are so interesting to watch. I liked the first half of the eight minutes a bit more than the second, but it's suffering on a high level. It surely is a good short film that leaves us with a catchy tune and a noble message. Oh and don't worry it says Language French, there's only two sentences or so actually spoken, so you'll have no trouble understanding everything.

At only eight minutes in length, this seemed overly long by half, and repetitious, but it ends on a somewhat pleasant, if hackneyed, note.A conservative man who apparently cannot admit he forgot his wallet at home tries to save face by ordering one coffee after another as a hunchbacked waiter and various other eccentrics come and go at the cafe.An annoying sort of elderly Jesus figure traipses in and out and you wonder who he is and finally you see that he's a benefactor who shows up just in the nick of time to help the mortified espresso drinker out of his jam.The best part of the film is the very French vocal track that jauntily accompanies the final credits.

This Oscar nominated short animation is about a businessman who goes into a café for a cup of coffee. He finds out he doesn't have his wallet when he is about to pay. he has to find ways to come up with money to foot the bill."French Roast" is simple, yet well made. The quality of the animation is good, with well designed backgrounds and humorously designed characters. The story nicely captures the psychology of everyday life, about how people react to beggars and about how good people feel about doing bad. The ending twist is also comical, and yet illustrates how a random act of kindness can make a difference to another person. I enjoyed watching "French Roast".