Ridicule

Ridicule (1996)

  • 78% of critics liked it
    (18 reviews)

  • 80% of users liked it
    (4,182 ratings)

This is a French costume drama from director Patrice Leconte that recalls both Dangerous Liaisons (1988) and Restoration (1995). Gregoire Ponceludon de Malavoy (Charles Berling) is a baron of the 18th century French countryside, wealthy in property and high in social position but poor in cash. Local… More

R,
Directed By
Written By
Rémi Waterhouse, Michel Fessler
Genres
Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Nov 29, 1996 Wide
Miramax

Critic Reviews

  • Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com

    Beautifully dark, funny and nasty.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jim H


    A provincial lord goes to Versailles to entreat Louis XVI to finance an engineering project that will save his villagers. This film's concept is engaging and interesting, in the ilk of Dangerous Liaisons: I like the idea that one's wit an ability to manipulate social… More

  • Bill C


    The man who is to make the introduction is Monsieur de Blayac layes on his deathbed and in walks Monsieur de Montalieri who exemplifies the unchristian nature of the clergy in the French court. He reminds Blayac of an insult from many decades before and in bizarre fashion whips it out… More

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