Auf der anderen Seite des Bettes (2008)
47KAuf der anderen Seite des Bettes: Directed by Pascale Pouzadoux. With Sophie Marceau, Dany Boon, Antoine Duléry, Roland Giraud. To save their marriage, a man and a woman decide to exchange their lives for a year.
“… or u0026quot;turkeyu0026quot; in English. For those who still havenu0026#39;t understood, this film is a total waste (of money, talent u0026amp; time). The director flunked the funny, witty, edgy tone of the novel, a book which illustrated the surrealistic u0026#39;pitchu0026#39; (a man and wife switch life to see how itu0026#39;s like to be u0026#39;on the other sideu0026#39;) with just enough irony to be somewhat u0026quot;realisticu0026quot; (which wasnu0026#39;t the point). The u0026quot;TV prime-time moviesu0026quot; standards being what they are, all the acid juice has turned into lukewarm syrup, breeding a romantic comedy which is repellent from A to Z. The mess even gradually becomes a catalogue of stereotyped characters, dismissing along the way 30 years of feminism (of course, women CRRRRAVE to buy jewelry while slouching on the pool side, or they would KILLLLL to buy the services of a male model who would do handiwork at their homes). The story basically consists in sending men u0026amp; women back to back, stating that the war of sexes is useless since u0026quot;both have good and bad sidesu0026quot;. Hoho, what a breakthrough in humor, intelligence and cinema in general ! All this with overacting (and under-directed) actors, thrown under the laziest camera in the world. Times are hard for comedy fans…”
