On connaît la chanson, (Same Old Song )

On connaît la chanson, (Same Old Song ) (1997)

  • 64% of critics liked it
    (14 reviews)

  • 76% of users liked it
    (1,297 ratings)

In this homage to acclaimed TV scripter Dennis Potter (1935-1994), famed 75-year-old French director Alain Resnais (Hiroshima, Mon Amour, Last Year at Marienbad) has actors lip-synch in a manner instantly recalling Potter's Pennies from Heaven (1978 TV serial, 1981 movie) and The Singing Detective… More

PG, 2 hr. 2 min.
Directed By
Alain Resnais
Written By
Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnès Jaoui
Genres
Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Oct 15, 1999 Limited
Artistic License

Critic Reviews

  • Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

    This is a puny benefit for a device that's arbitrary and precious and results in slowing down scenes and conversations for no reason but cuteness.

  • Stephen Holden, New York Times

    By the end of the film you've become more than superficially acquainted with six recognizable and complicated individuals. How many movie musicals can make that claim?

  • Beth Accomando, KPBS.org

    Sublime work from an old but still innovative French New Waver.

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    Densely plotted and endearingly neurotic.

  • Jean Lowerison, San Diego Metropolitan

    Give Resnais credit for trying something different.

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