Moliere (2007)
70 %
Reviews Counted: 83 Fresh: 58 Rotten:25 Average Rating: 6.5/10
Consensus:
Moliere is a sophisticated, witty biopic of the great satirist.
Runtime: 2 hrs 1 min
Theatrical Release: Jul 27, 2007 Limited
Box Office: $457,677
Synopsis: 1644, Paris. 22-year-old Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, also known as Molière, is not yet the writer that history recognizes as the father & true master of comic satire, author of “the Misanthrope and Tartuffe, and a dramatist to rank alongside Shakespeare & Sophocles. Far from it. He is in... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Romain Duris, Fabrice Luchini, Laura Morante, Edouard Baer, Ludivine Sagnier
Director: Laurent Tirard
Screenwriter: Laurent Tirard, Gregoire Vigneron
Producer: Marc Missonnier, Olivier Delbosc
Composer: Frederic Talgorn
Screenwriter: Laurent Tirard, Gregoire Vigneron
Producer: Marc Missonnier, Olivier Delbosc
Composer: Frederic Talgorn
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05/02/08
Witty lines, sumptuous settings, manicured lawns and horses with carriages provide the setting for this frivolous romp that caresses history as it plays with the misadventures of French playwright Molière %u2026 With just the right balance of playfulness
04/26/08
Deluxe tribute to the playwright gets by, surprisingly, as much by romantic poignancy as farce...it's hard to dislike a picture so in Love with its subject.
01/21/08
A sumptuous pleasure to behold, with its elegantly designed motifs, infectious energy conveying the emotional sensibility of the time, and splendid comic mischief satirizing the hypocrisy of both the bourgeoisie and aristocracy.
01/11/08
Un cuadro social de época vivaz y divertido, con estupendo elenco y una cuota de romance y emotividad.
11/13/07
For theater people and French literature buffs...a delightful game of spot-the-reference...
10/05/07
As the film picks up momentum, however, it becomes the story of an aimless young man who discovers his own brilliant wit and learns how to use it. As he gets closer to the scathing, fearless Moliere we know and love, so does the movie.
09/21/07
An amusing and clever film, often laugh-out-loud funny and filled with sparkling characters.
09/17/07
"Moliere" actually tells a funny, involving story that really does seem inspired by its subject, rather than just lazily cribbing from his work.
09/14/07
The film illuminates little about Molière himself, but what do you expect from a movie that has the depth of a kiddie pool?
09/13/07
There's not a single moment that you haven't already seen in a different, better period film.
09/12/07
Connoisseurs of Sun King-era costumes and decor are the most likely fans of this impeccably produced but unimaginative pseudo-biopic...
09/07/07
The cast is very good. The chemistry between Duris and Morante smolders, while Luchini makes a convincing, bungling aristocrat.
09/06/07
Certainly attractive to look at, but what goes on in front of the manicured lawns and sumptuous seventeenth-century interiors is considerably less amusing than it might be.
09/04/07
The unraveling of this same world, 100 years later, was portrayed in Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, next to whose gilded atmosphere the merely glossy Molière looks like a work of naturalism.
08/30/07
Director and cowriter Laurent Tirard are clearly under the sway of Shakespeare in Love, but the talented Duris is miscast as the wily Moliere, and Moliere has none of Shakespeare's giddy charm.
08/24/07
Top Critic
I can only wonder what theatre gods Molière angered during his lifetime to deserve such ragtag biographical treatment, but let’s hope Molière settles the debt.
08/24/07
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