Alice Taglioni, Daniel Auteuil, Gad Elmaleh
When billionaire Pierre Levasseur is snapped by a papparazzo with Elena, his dazzling, supermodel mistress, he tries to avoid a catastrophic divorce by coming up with an outrageous lie. He asserts to ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 18, 2007
Stats: 814 reviews
Francis Veber at its purest, most entertaining, harmless state. So light on its feet it barely touches the ground. It isn't Veber's best film by a long shot, and it isn't anything to leave an extra-large tip for, and you're not going to dent your sides laughing. But it is French ...( read more)
The cast is great, Paris is beautiful, the story is ammusing (if not trite at times).
Gad Elmaleh is (once again) absolutely charming as Pignon, the down on his (romantic) luck valet and Kristen Scott Thomas is great as the wife of the philandering millionaire (Daniel Auteuil)...( read more)
The Valet is such a funny foreign film. Kristin Scott Thomas whom was great in The English Patient co-stars in this comedy.
A valet is caught in a taploid magazine beside a famous model whom is having an affair with a very wealthy man that is also in the picture. In order to ...( read more)
A great movie, its in French with English subtitles, but a very funny movie. Alic Taglioni could become a favorite female actor real fast, I'm free for dinner. Worth the rent.
Relatively entertaining. Gad Elmaleh was a bit whiny in a Ray Ramone kind of way.
so entertaining when in french (in french class) typical romantic comedy but soo much more fun with the ever lovely subtitles and realization that you can understand much of what they are saying (-:
It was fun, but I didn't like the ending, he should have ended up with the other girl.
We can count on farce, and on Veber, to ensure that everyone ends up where they should, and The Valet resolves itself most satisfyingly, in its tidy 85 minutes. It's a formulaic comedy that feels fres... full review
Tart and weightless, and it entertains without leaving a mark. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but at 85 minutes, The Valet at times feels like a blueprint for a farce rather than the farce... full review
At 80 minutes long, it's that rare case of a short film that should have been longer. And that's its problem: It really should have been longer. full review
To be honest, The Valet does not show Veber at his best. full review
The situation delivers less wackiness than it promises, and there aren't a lot of big laughs. Charm fills the void, though. full review
Veber, clearly a fan of the golden age comedies of Billy Wilder, Howard Hawks and Preston Sturges, is a worthy successor. full review
I loved this movie! Especially the doctor; he's hilarious!!! Watch this one; it's a good one. I never give more than 3 1/2 stars to a comedy, but this one got 4 1/2 from me, it's that good; it's cute.
Take care all,
William
Zzzzzooooommmm!
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