The location shooting in the narrow lanes and small communities is good, and among Antoine's customers there are some really wonderful characters...
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10/03/08
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The Grocer's Son (2008)
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Reviews Counted:52
Fresh:47
Rotten:5
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: A noteworthy performance by Eric Guirado makes this gently pastoral film a moving coming-of-age story.
Theatrical Release:2007
Synopsis: It is summer, and thirty-year-old Antoine is forced to leave the city to return to his family in Provençe. His father is sick, so he must assume the lifestyle he thought he had sheddriving the... [More]
Starring: Nicolas Cazale, Clotilde Hesme, Daniel Duval, Jeanne Goupil
Director: Eric Guirado
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Reviews for The Grocer's Son
It's not a great movie, but it is a beguiling one: a Gallic version of American films such as Doc Hollywood or Cars, in which a city-dweller opens up to life when he succumbs to the languid pace and the intense one-on-one relationships of the country.
10/24/08
A movie begging this hard to be loved is unattractive.
09/05/08
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04/23/09
Guirado's genuine affection for the people of Provence and their genteel lifestyle engenders an honest warmth and coziness that carries the film breezily through its less-inspired moments.
07/18/08
A warm-hearted tribute to a disappearing way of life, the unhurried Grocer's Son is a well acted film where the journey is more important than the final destination.
04/25/09
Unforced and beautifully acted.
09/05/08
You can probably guess the trajectory of the story. But it's not really the destination that makes this a charmer, it's the journey there, mostly by grocery van.
08/29/08
Top CriticFor all of its sleepy charms and pretty shots of the countryside, the film doesnt serve up a lot of fresh insights, unless you count finding out what senior citizens buy from grocery vans in these little hamlets.
10/18/08
Despite its rather well worn premise of a prodigal son returning to his family home, this charming French film actually feels quite fresh and original.
09/10/08
Unfolding amid the dappled sunshine and dusty roads of Provence, this is a film that lifts your spirits.
04/24/09
A little predictable in places, but explores family relationships with pathos and perception.
04/24/09
The lead actors are hot and the living is easy in the French summertime idyll Le fils de l'epicier (The Grocer's Son).
11/05/07
Will deliver to audiences who embrace a well-acted, written and directed story that immerses one in a rarified milieu of rustic charm.
06/05/08
Beautiful Provence, and its charming traditionalists, colorfully work their summer magic on a hunky wayward son with terrific appeal to ferment a sparkling romance.
12/03/08
Though its quiet pastoral charms may not change your life the way they do Antoine's, you'll find the scenery comforting, the humanity reassuring, and the story appealing.
08/16/08
How could a French audience not enjoy such a nostalgic look at a simpler and bucolic way of life?
01/08/09
At a time when most other movies are boorishly brash, a film like this stands out precisely by being low key and modest.
10/03/08
In its slow-moving, at times uncomfortable way, this is a heartwarming film.
04/24/09
This is a sweet and engaging little film, and though it becomes more contrived and sugary as the story progresses, there is real charm.
04/24/09
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