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Average Rating: 7.9/10
Reviews Counted: 57
Fresh: 57 | Rotten: 0
The Taste of Others is a fresh, witty comedy about the attraction of opposites. The characters are well-drawn and engaging and their social interactions believable.
Average Rating: 7.8/10
Critic Reviews: 23
Fresh: 23 | Rotten: 0
The Taste of Others is a fresh, witty comedy about the attraction of opposites. The characters are well-drawn and engaging and their social interactions believable.
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Agnes Jaoui co-writes and directs this romantic comedy of manners set in France's rustic Provence. Unpolished and ultra-pragmatic industrialist Jean-Jacques Castella (co-scripter Jean-Pierre Bacri) reluctantly attends Racine's tragedy "Berenice" in order to see his niece play a bit part. He is taken with the play's strangely familiar-looking leading lady Clara Devaux (Anne Alvaro). During the course of the show, Castella soon remembers that he once hired and then promptly fired the actress as an
R, 1 hr. 52 min.
Jan 1, 2000 Wide
Feb 26, 2002
Artistic License Films
All Critics (67) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (58) | Rotten (0) | DVD (5)
Succeeds with believable characters and situations born of lives well studied.
The movie's unique appeal lies less in the style than the substance -- particularly, in the emerging hero at the centre of the tale.
Slyly written, the intelligent social satire is surely acted and ... confidently, ably directed.
There are some things the French do better than we do, and the small movie is one.
A worldly-wise, compassionate and charmingly acted Gallic comedy.
Confirms that France may be producing, per capita, more good films than any country on the globe.
the perfect date film for those with a fondness for Rohmer, Roquefort, and Chablis.
The type of movie you watch for the acting and the character development, which are both outstanding
A witty, wry examination of what happens when opposites attract.
... demonstrates that, as in real life, reel life may be both bitter and sweet, sometimes simultaneously.
First time director Agnes Jaoui has done a fine job of springing this little life lesson on us.
A knockout piece of entertainment.
Jean-Jacques, businessman gets smitten by Clara, actress and English teacher, and gets out of his depth amongst her arty friends. I liked this film. It showed a real grasp of the complexities of attraction and how one mans unrequited love is another woman's unappreciated attention. And it has a happy ending too. I'm a
February 13, 2011
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Most of the times, If you go deep into people, you´ll find that they are better than you thought at first. But those good qualities might inflict pain.
April 10, 2009
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