My Best Friend (Mon meilleur ami)

My Best Friend (Mon meilleur ami) (2006)

  • 75% of critics liked it
    (88 reviews)

  • 66% of users liked it
    (9,560 ratings)

A businessman tries to belatedly learn the fine art of friendship in this comedy from French filmmaker Patrice Leconte. François (Daniel Auteuil) is an antique dealer who runs an upscale shop with his business partner, Catherine (Julie Gayet). François is a gently ruthless trader who will do nearly… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Jerome Tonnerre
Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Jul 27, 2007 Wide
On DVD
Oct 16, 2007
IFC Films

Critic Reviews

  • Christy Lemire, Associated Press

    Patrice Leconte has taken a story about male friendship, in all its posturing and potential vulnerability, and turned it into a light, smart, crowd-pleasing comedy.

  • Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter

    One looks to Leconte for some of the finest, most sophisticated and compassionate filmmaking coming out of France, not for a situation comedy.

  • David Edelstein, New York Magazine

    It's better when it's threatening, but Leconte knows his audience.

  • Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

    A sweetly surprising treatise on friendship.

  • Marta Barber, Miami Herald

    Although Leconte allows for a certain warmth to run through the film, he thankfully stays away from sentimentality. Therein lays the charm.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Randy T


    I was drawn in by Julie Gayet, uplifted by Dany Boon and mesmerized by Daniel Auteuil. Delightful and light-hearted.

  • Nicki M


    Enjoyable French comedy. Struck a chord with me - I could relate to the socially awkward main character!

  • Gordon A


    Intriguing premise is stretched too far. The antisocial lead isn't believably friendless and the sociable friend's anxieties contrived.

  • Ross C


    Corny contemporary French take on a classic Dickens tale. Auteuil's Scrooge-like character has to prove he's capable of having a best friend in this humorous easy-watching movie.

  • Walter M


    [font=Century Gothic]In "My Best Friend," Francois Coste(Daniel Auteuil), divorced with a grown a daughter, Louise(Julie Durand), is an antiques dealer who on impulse purchases an expensive vase at auction. Alarmed at this, his business partner, Catherine(Julie Gayet), bets… More

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