Merci Docteur Rey (2002)
Average Rating: 3/10
Reviews Counted: 22
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 22
This overly wacky farce strains for sophistication but lacks polish and a coherent narrative.
Average Rating: 3.5/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 7
This overly wacky farce strains for sophistication but lacks polish and a coherent narrative.
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After making a living by providing English subtitle translation to numerous French films, American filmmaker Andrew Litvack makes his debut as a writer/director with the Merchant Ivory production Merci Docteur Rey. Set in Paris, this farcical comedy involves the troubles of young gay man Thomas (Stanislas Merhar). First his opera diva mother, Elisabeth (Dianne Wiest), comes for a visit and she doesn't know he's gay. When he accepts a blind date with someone from an online chat room, he ends up
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Cast
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Dianne Wiest
Elisabeth Beaumont -
Jane Birkin
Penelope -
Stanislas Merhar
Thomas Beaumont -
Bulle Ogier
Claude Sabrie -
Karim Saleh
Murderer -
Didier Flamand
Detective -
Roschdy Zem
Taxi Driver -
Nathalie Richard
Radio Interviewer -
Dan Herzberg
Rollerboy -
Simon Callow
Bob -
Jerry Hall
Sybil -
Vanessa Redgrave
Herself -
Vernon Dobtcheff
Francois -
Yousry Nasrallah
TV Interviewer -
Azouz Begag
Executioner -
Hosh Ibrahim
Police Officer -
Olivier Augrond
Gigolo 2 -
Canaan Marguerite
Gigolo 1 -
Christophe Fleuret
Gigolo 3 -
Ruth Handlen
Dr Rey -
Vanina Vignal
Florist -
Franck Lorrain
Boy 1 -
Johanna Font
Boy 2 -
Volodia Serra
Boy 3 -
Johanna Leika
Receptionist -
Ilir Selmoski
Horror Movie Actor -
Charlotte Schioler
Horror Movie Actress -
Michel Filipi
Dubbing Director -
Akiko Toda
Liu -
Daniel Minerva
Calaf -
Jana Bittnerova
Bearded Lady -
Adam Kian
Prince of Persia -
Hossein Ghavanloo
Sword Swallower -
Jocya Ghrenassia
Gypsy Street Singer -
Francois De Bartillat
Gypsy Street Singer -
Andy Hibbins
Gypsy Street Singer
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All Critics (22) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (22) | DVD (1)
A limp, smirky lark.
Top CriticThe movie, written and directed by Andrew Litvack, a protégé of Ismail Merchant and James Ivory, strains to be the ne plus ultra of arch, hyper-sophisticated fun, but the laughs are few.
While the cast of Merci Docteur Rey gives it a good shot, this romp stumbles a bit.
Brainless and pointless.
Tries too hard to be madcap.
With Yank Andrew Litvack pinch-hitting for producers Ismail Merchant and James Ivory, Merci is free of much of that M-I pomposity, replacing it with an unnerving drollness.
The grinding noises you hear are the gears of this labored French comedy straining to keep a ridiculously convoluted narrative moving along.
An arch, clumsy effort...not only poorly written but ineptly staged... Mercy!
Merci Docteur Rey, which occasionally works as a passable farce, stoops to the sight gag of vomit.
Merci for nothing, Docteur Rey.
It's as if Litvack tossed all these bad gags, multiple storylines and kooky characters into a blender and hit puree.
What is all too apparent on the screen is a general pointless ineptitude, particularly dire in circumstances which require both material and handling to be done with the most effervescent of skill.
In this comedy of murder, there is exactly one laugh, involving a dress and wallpaper, which is one more than there is of a real human moment or emotion.
There's much ado about very little in this flimsy, fallible Gallic comedy/melodrama which confounds with its complex, voyeuristic incongruity.
This is less a coming-out tale than a showcase for late-middle- aged hysterical divas in flowing caftans to yell, scream and ride roughshod over the young homosexuals who are nominally the movie's center.
Lacks the sophistication it needs to be truly effective, hopelessly lost in its unfunny gags and weak plotting.
Ghastly.
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