Moliere (Moliere ou Le comedien malgre lui)

Moliere (Moliere ou Le comedien malgre lui) (2007)

  • 70% of critics liked it
    (86 reviews)

  • 75% of users liked it
    (10,669 ratings)

In 1645, the French playwright and actor Jean-Baptiste Poquelin -- better known as Molière -- mysteriously disappeared for several weeks, and this lavish comedy drama imagines a scenario that could explain what may have happened to him. At this time, Molière (Romain Duris) is touring the French… More

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PG-13, 2 hr.
Directed By
Laurent Tirard
Written By
Laurent Tirard, Grégoire Vigneron
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Jul 27, 2007 Wide
On DVD
Nov 20, 2007
Sony Pictures Classics

Critic Reviews

  • Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press

    Director and cowriter Laurent Tirard are clearly under the sway of Shakespeare in Love, but the talented Duris is miscast as the wily Moliere, and Moliere has none of Shakespeare's giddy charm.

  • Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

    An extravagant and thoroughly irresistible story of intrigue, romance, comedy and artistic inspiration.

  • Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer

    Like the playwright's comedies, at its best Moliere shows the depths beneath the archetypes.

  • Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

    Woefully miscast as the seminal 17th-century French farceur Molière, the intense, black-maned young French movie star Romain Duris never seems more comfortable than the brief moments when he's rotting in a dank jail.

  • Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

    In making a comedy about a writer famed for his perfectly tuned wit, the filmmakers have inspired other expectations. The result is as off-putting as biting into a confection in which the sugar has been replaced by salt.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Ross C


    Entertaining period comedy with beautiful sets and engaging acting. It tells the story of French playwright Molière's early days, as if they were indeed as farcical as his plays. C'est très drole!

  • William D


    [size=3]"Moliere," starring French dreamboat [b]Romain Duris[/b] as the legendary 17th-century playwright himself, is wonderfully funny and intelligent from first moment to last, all with a light joie de vivre that seems to be part of the French DNA.[/size]… More

  • Mark A


    As someone else said somewhere, magnifique! This was like watching a Moliere play. All of the elements he later used are here. The actor disguised as a priest. The dilletante husband. The beautiful wife. The tutors for every subject then in vogue. The daughter who secretly loves the… More

  • Walter M


    [font=Century Gothic]"Moliere" starts in 1658 with playwright and actor Moliere(Romain Duris) leading his acting troupe to a triumphant return to Paris after perfomring throughout rural France for years but he aims to do more serious plays than his usual farces.(So, I guess… More

  • William G


    Perpetually enjoyable for all its familiarity. Entire cast helps take up the slack.

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