The Housekeeper (2002)
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77% of critics liked it
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38% of users liked it
(199 ratings)
One of France's most respected filmmakers, Claude Berri here brings viewers the story of Jacques (Jean-Pierre Bacri) a middle-aged sound engineer whose wife has just left him. Living on his own for the first time in years, Jacques decides it's high time to clean up his life, literally and… More One of France's most respected filmmakers, Claude Berri here brings viewers the story of Jacques (Jean-Pierre Bacri) a middle-aged sound engineer whose wife has just left him. Living on his own for the first time in years, Jacques decides it's high time to clean up his life, literally and figuratively. In short order he hires Laura (Emilie Dequenne, a bright, vivacious young housekeeper, to bring order to his apartment. Laura's presence makes Jacques realize what has been missing from his life, and as their relationship evolves over the subsequent months, both Jacques and Laura gain uncomfortable knowledge of one another, and of themselves. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi
- Directed By
- Claude Berri
- Written By
- Claude Berri
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Jul 1, 2003 Wide
- Studio
- Palm Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Susan Walker, Toronto Star
Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton make the life of a middle-aged single person look highly desirable. The Housekeeper doesn't deal in such delusions.
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Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
None of this is profoundly new, but the delicacy of the telling is well worth the experience.
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Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
With their reverse-chemistry, [Bacri and Dequenne are] so good together -- hot and hilarious simultaneously -- that you'd think they'd been a team for ages.
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Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
Berri makes very personal works about men who learn something about themselves rather late in life -- something important -- and The Housekeeper continues to analyze this very worthy theme.
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Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic
It's a slight film, well-acted by Bacri and Emilie Dequenne.
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Cast
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Jean-Pierre Bacri
as Jacques
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Émilie Dequenne
as Laura
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Brigitte Catillon
as Claire
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Jacques Frantz
as Ralph
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Axelle Abbadie
as Helene
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Catherine Breillat
as Constance
