The Intouchables (2012)
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 119
Fresh: 89 | Rotten: 30
It handles its potentially prickly subject matter with kid gloves, but Intouchables gets by thanks to its strong cast and some remarkably sensitive direction.
Average Rating: 6.3/10
Critic Reviews: 33
Fresh: 22 | Rotten: 11
It handles its potentially prickly subject matter with kid gloves, but Intouchables gets by thanks to its strong cast and some remarkably sensitive direction.
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An irreverent, uplifting comedy about friendship, trust and human possibility, The Intouchables has broken box office records in its native France and across Europe. Based on a true story of friendship between a handicap millionaire (Francois Cluzet) and his street smart ex-con caretaker (Omar Sy), The Intouchables depicts an unlikely camaraderie rooted in honesty and humor between two individuals who, on the surface, would seem to have nothing in common. -- (C) Weinstein
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Cast
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François Cluzet
Philippe -
Omar Sy
Driss -
Anne Le Ny
Yvonne -
Audrey Fleurot
Magalie -
Clotilde Mollet
Marcelle -
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Cyril Mendy
Adama -
Christian Ameri
Albert -
Marie-Laure Descoureaux
Chantal -
Gregoire Oestermann
Antoine -
Josephine DeMeaux
La D.R.H. de la société -
Dominique Daguier
Philippe's Friend -
François Caron
Philippe's Friend -
Thomas Soliveres
Bastien dit le plumeau -
Dorothée Brière
Eléonore -
Emilie Caen
La Galeriste -
Sylvain Lazard
New Auxillary -
Jean-François Cayrey
New Auxillary -
Ian Fenelon
Candidate -
Renaud Barse
Candidate -
Francois Bureloup
Candidate -
Michel Winogradoff
Waiter at Deux Magots -
Nicky Marbot
Policeman -
Benjamin Baroche
Policeman -
Jerome Pauwels
Neighbor in Car -
Antoine Laurent
Neighbor in Car -
Hedi Bouchenafa
The Mechanic -
Caroline Bourg
Frédérique -
Kevin Wamo
Driss's Friend
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All Critics (120) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (90) | Rotten (30) | DVD (1)
It delivers broad laughs and tugs at the heartstrings without delving too deep - the very definition of a crowd-pleaser.
Top CriticIf you loved "The Bucket List," you'll be exclaiming, "Incroyable!"
A box office phenomenon in France, this crowd-pleasing drama is based on a true story but sticks closely to the template for a Hollywood buddy movie.
More than a little unrealistic.
The Intouchables works as a crowd-pleaser not because it's true, but because it's a plausible enchantment.
"The Intouchables" is actually quite touchable.
There are much better contemporary movies about dealing with the dynamics of being handicapped or wheelchair bound and overcoming obstacles, such as Rust & Bone, Amour, and The Diving bell and the Butterfly.
Despite the blu-ray having little to offer in the way of special features, the film is more than recommendable on its own thanks to its amazing charm and the wonderful performances from Francois Cluzet and Omar Sy.
Without getting into spoilers, can I just say how refreshing it was to watch a film about a physically challenged person that didn't end on a total downer?
Gives its subject too light a treatment for the life-affirming message to feel earned.
This pleasant, predictable, fact-based tale of an unlikely friendship between a quadriplegic and his carer hits all the sweet spots a feel-good movie must.
In the wrong hands this film could have been a sentimental mess. Luckily it's not and instead of being a film about labels, it's about people and the healing power of camaraderie.
I think a lot of people are going to enjoy it but I think it also tries too hard to please that audience and it just shrieks, aiming at that middle bar.
The problem is that if, while you're having a good time with these characters, you start to think about the wider implications of the film, you might find yourself somewhat less enthralled.
Is The Intouchables an enjoyable movie if you overlook a few potentially queasy-making scenes? Absolutely. Is it great filmmaking in the neighbourhood of art? Nope.
Oscar-nominated, lauded at festivals overseas and now, one of the most successful French pictures of all time, The Intouchables is simply irresistible.
The two heartfelt central performances from François Cluzet and Omar Sy will inject you with happiness
Capturing the unspoken shorthand, the adventurousness and the humour essential to enduring friendships makes the The Intouchables must see.
Buddy movies don't come more moving, funnier and more successful than The Intouchables, based on a true story
There are countless magical moments worth recounting - many with humour and involving the clash of the classes - it is not surprising that the film has been a runaway hit in France and elsewhere in Europe
The cliches are so skillfully navigated only the heartless will fail to be charmed.
It's a situation ripe for culture-clash comedy, a set-up that co-directors Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache exploit with gusto, as Driss takes stock of his opulent new surroundings and Philippe rediscovers his appetite for life.
Based on the true story of an unlikely odd couple who give each other a new lease on life, this French comedy-drama is almost irresistibly engaging
It's not subtle. It's not innovative. But it guarantees good humour, pranks, japes and welling-up for two hours.
Sweet French drama about unlikely friendship has some edge.
The film's dominance of the global box office is entirely justified and hopefully it will break through that foreign language glass ceiling in the same way as the likes of Amelie and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Audience Reviews for The Intouchables
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The film's heart and soul is in the developing relationship between the apparently diverse men, and it's just wonderful. The caretaker is hired because of his lack of compassion and lack of pity, and Cluzet is lost and lonely in his immobile body, as well as his great wealth, which distances him from everyone.
The structure of the story doesn't really matter that much. This film has arbitrary plot points and a litany of mostly unbelievable situations to keep the engine of the film going. For example, the billionaire, who is a widower, is having a passionate epistolary affair with a pen pan, to whom he has not revealed his condition. He is afraid to meet her or tell her about his condition. The caregiver, Driss, tries to push them together. This relationship never resolves and it's the main driving force of the plot. Arbitrarily, Driss is fired at the end of Act 2, for no good reason, except to create an Act 3.
Directors Toledano and Nakache have directed a slick and colorful film that looks more Hollywood than Paris, oddly full of hand held shots and an American pop soundtrack including Earth Wind and Fire and Kook and the Gang. None of this matters as much as the wonderful buddy aspects and the well rounded and emotional connection between the two actors. It's not surprising that it's one of France's biggest ever box office hits, it's pretty irresistible. But it sure ain't Jean Luc Goddard.
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- Driss: Back off, Justin Bieber.
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- Driss: Smoke this cigaret, and big tobacco will promote our movie! Do it and you will be the only smoking quad!
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- Antoine: These street guys have no pity.
- Philippe: That's what I want...no pity.
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- Driss: Listen to this..
- Driss: Where can you find a tetraplegic?
- Philippe: Where can you..I don't know.
- Driss: Where you left him.
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- Driss: This is not just a job anymore.
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- Driss: I'm not doing this! I lost my shoe!
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| sensitive subject, based on a true story, and it is joyous. | 5 months ago | 1 |
| Real Life story | 5 months ago | 0 |
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Foreign Titles
- Ziemlich beste Freunde (DE)
- Untouchable (Intouchables) (UK)
