The Intouchables (2012)

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.

September 18, 2012 Full Review

Anna Smith

Time Out

Top Critic

If you loved "The Bucket List," you'll be exclaiming, "Incroyable!"

July 31, 2012 Full Review | Comments (3)

John Anderson

Newsday

Top Critic

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.

June 1, 2012 Full Review | Comments (4)

J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

More than a little unrealistic.

June 1, 2012 Full Review | Comments (10)

Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post

Top Critic

The Intouchables works as a crowd-pleaser not because it's true, but because it's a plausible enchantment.

June 1, 2012 Full Review | Comment (1)

Stephen Cole

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

"The Intouchables" is actually quite touchable.

June 1, 2012 Full Review

Tom Long

Detroit News

Top Critic

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.

March 13, 2013 Full Review

Staci Layne Wilson

Yahoo! Movies

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.

March 5, 2013 Full Review

Jeff Beck

We Got This Covered

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?

February 28, 2013 Full Review

James Plath

Movie Metropolis

Gives its subject too light a treatment for the life-affirming message to feel earned.

January 2, 2013 Full Review

Michael Nordine

L.A. Weekly

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.

November 2, 2012 Full Review

Jim Schembri

3AW

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.

October 28, 2012 Full Review

Cameron Williams

The Popcorn Junkie

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.

October 25, 2012 Full Review

Margaret Pomeranz

At the Movies (Australia)

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.

October 25, 2012 Full Review

David Stratton

At the Movies (Australia)

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.

October 25, 2012 Full Review

Lisa Nesselson

sbs.com.au

Oscar-nominated, lauded at festivals overseas and now, one of the most successful French pictures of all time, The Intouchables is simply irresistible.

October 22, 2012 Full Review

Ed Gibbs

The Sun Herald

The two heartfelt central performances from François Cluzet and Omar Sy will inject you with happiness

October 21, 2012 Full Review

Matthew Toomey

ABC Radio Brisbane

Capturing the unspoken shorthand, the adventurousness and the humour essential to enduring friendships makes the The Intouchables must see.

October 18, 2012 Full Review

Blake Howard

2UE That Movie Show

Buddy movies don't come more moving, funnier and more successful than The Intouchables, based on a true story

October 13, 2012 Full Review

Andrew L. Urban

Urban Cinefile

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

October 13, 2012 Full Review

Louise Keller

Urban Cinefile

The cliches are so skillfully navigated only the heartless will fail to be charmed.

October 11, 2012 Full Review

Matt Glasby

Flicks.co.nz

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.

October 2, 2012 Full Review

Jason Best

Movie Talk

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

October 2, 2012 Full Review

Rich Cline

Contactmusic.com

It's not subtle. It's not innovative. But it guarantees good humour, pranks, japes and welling-up for two hours.

September 28, 2012 Full Review

Tara Brady

Irish Times

Sweet French drama about unlikely friendship has some edge.

September 25, 2012 Full Review

Sandie Angulo Chen

Common Sense Media

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.

September 23, 2012 Full Review

Adam Lowes

HeyUGuys

• 1. Driss: Back off, Justin Bieber.
  – Submitted by Thomas R (7 months ago)
• 1. Driss: Smoke this cigaret, and big tobacco will promote our movie! Do it and you will be the only smoking quad!
  – Submitted by Stephen H (9 months ago)
• 1. Antoine: These street guys have no pity.
  2. Philippe: That's what I want...no pity.
  – Submitted by Catarina C (10 months ago)
• 1. Driss: Listen to this..
  2. Driss: Where can you find a tetraplegic?
  3. Philippe: Where can you..I don't know.
  4. Driss: Where you left him.
  – Submitted by Himanshu G (10 months ago)
• 1. Driss: This is not just a job anymore.
  – Submitted by Chris P (12 months ago)
• 1. Driss: I'm not doing this! I lost my shoe!
  – Submitted by Chris P (12 months ago)