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The Valet (2007)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:21
Rotten:7
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: Like much of director Francis Veber's work, The Valet is a witty, madcap farce with memorably zany characters.
Theatrical Release:Apr 20, 2007 Limited
Box Office: $2,172,209
Synopsis: Francis Veber (The Dinner Game and The Closet), the living master of French farce, has combined his classic elements of hilarious slapstick with quick-witted dialogue in the new film THE VALET. The... [More]
Starring: Gad Elmaleh, Daniel Auteuil, Kristin Scott Thomas, Richard Berry
Director: Francis Veber
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Reviews for The Valet
Top CriticIt's all empty calories, of course, but that's what French pastry -- not to mention popcorn -- is all about.
05/25/07
Top CriticVeber's script is masterfully constructed to increase the laughs as the scheme grows more and more convoluted.
05/19/07
Top CriticStarts with a nice premise, but ends up fractured.
05/18/07
Top CriticCall it a sorbet, a soufflé or an amuse bouche, The Valet is a satisfying antidote to the overload and bombast that run rampant in American movies at this time of the year.
05/18/07
Top CriticA deft, daft, totally unbelievable yet somehow totally engaging comedy.
05/11/07
Top CriticYou have the slightest of romps, and one that ends so abruptly that you suspect the prolific Veber had already moved on to his next project.
05/11/07
Top CriticEveryone in The Valet is likable; the movie even manages to be somewhat subversive, as it posits the idea that supermodels are people, too. Not to mention smart, kind and down-to-earth people. Quelle surprise!
05/10/07
Top CriticFrancis Veber’s The Valet, from his own screenplay, turns out to be a surprisingly satisfying Parisian screen farce.
05/09/07
Top CriticJust enjoy it now as the exceedingly pleasant farce that it is.
05/04/07
Top CriticIt'll do nicely, thanks not only to sophisticated amusement but also to a gentlemanly hero who earns a place in our hearts.
05/04/07
Top CriticThink mediocrity, so much so that if you took away the French subtitles and had the characters speaking English, you'd have an American comedy most critics would shrug off as derivative and a trifle empty.
05/04/07
Top CriticTart and weightless, and it entertains without leaving a mark. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but at 85 minutes, The Valet at times feels like a blueprint for a farce rather than the farce itself.
05/04/07
Top CriticAt 80 minutes long, it's that rare case of a short film that should have been longer. And that's its problem: It really should have been longer.
04/27/07
Top CriticBriskly directed, The Valet hits the brakes for an abrupt ending, but this short ride delivers few apercus on fidelity, glamor or the nice boy next door.
04/27/07
Top CriticWriter-director Francis Veber has been compared to everyone from Moliere to Blake Edwards, but this sublime French farce reminded me most of Billy Wilder.
04/27/07
Top CriticThe story is farcical and falling-down funny, and yet the actors treat [director] Veber's material as if it were all serious. And entirely reasonable.
04/26/07
Top CriticThis smoothly acted contrivance offers a lesson or two in how to sell a certain kind of comedy -- meaning, how not to oversell it.
04/26/07
Top CriticThere are a number of ways The Valet could be better.
04/25/07
Top CriticTo be honest, The Valet does not show Veber at his best.
04/23/07
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September 21, 2007:
A sophisticated screwball comedy right up there with the best of Billy Wilder. 
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