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Made in Jamaica (2006)
A big music clip
The director himself said he was supported by Wim Wenders. But where's the inspiration that made Buena Vista S. C. ? The film is a long (too long) compilation of various Jamaican music artists (some are even lost in their own paradoxes - peace, violence ? - which the director isn't able to highlight). We'd been waiting for a special input, a guide to this music ; instead we're getting a well built editing of music clips, with the classical usual interviews between them to remind us that we're in front of a product which is pretending to be a documentary. Not at all. Splitting a few interviews between music bits takes more talent to make us hang on 100'. The set of Jamaica is almost absent, very little of the music context is shown; the concept of poverty explained by newly come wealthy stars isn't enough to explain and justify reggae & dancehall. This old recipe of making documentaries is tasteless in Laperroussaz cuisine.
Le gendre de Monsieur Poirier (1933)
1850's comedy
The only interest of this movie lies in its stylish dialogs. Besides that, we get a basic set up and a simple game play that could work on a theater stage. Léon Bernard precedes Louis De Funes in making faces, pushing the film into a way that could have been cultivated slightly better. This turns him into the most interesting character of the story, making us wait the next burst of anger he'll have with his son-in-law, wasting his money to conserve a certain quality of life. The issues of love and money are too sappy and superficial ; probably a drawback of this kind of comedy. The drama plot is built too obviously to make this film a good vintage entertainment, despite of a few interesting scenes.
Les enfants j'adore (2006)
Family entertainment for basic audience
This TV movie happens when a big TV channel wants to invest money on French actors trying to do some comedy. Excepted C. Borotra who is saving her money investment on the production, the others actors (Guérineau, Back) are on minimal duty. M-F Pisier is still OK in her character playing a spoiled chief-editor of a women's magazine, just as L. Ournac who gives to his role just enough fantasy to make him credible. Fine for family with kids, but not good enough to be imposed as a quality product on nationwide TV. And when will the Guérineau imposture end ? The man has problems in speaking clearly, feeling at ease behind his smile - which is probably the thing he does best.
And any resemblance with a movie called MENSONGES ET TRAHISONS is of course pure coincidence. Did any one say that it was too risky to invent new scenarii Miss Borotra ? You're cute but you just disappoint and deceive in signing this film.
Taxi 3 (2003)
Useless
The movie is exactly as bad as I hoped. My first choice fully booked, I thought I might give another try to this very particular style of French cinema. The feeling you get after watching Taxi 3 is that it's shaped for the young French teenagers, floating in cars and rap music. The result is a confusion of styles, mix of fat jokes, soup of rap beats, an easygoing story that is undoubtedly a pale and far copy of the first episode.
The producers in the end have their investment back. A stupid and light French commercial movie, where you feel that money was saved in the case of a failure. What it should be... Besson is sadly too much commited with money and intellectual poverty.