The movie's deathblow is the casting of poet-artist Miss Ming as Mammuth's affectless niece, whose twee verse and sculpture make Miranda July seem like a bearer of gravitas.
Mammuth
France · 2010
1h 32m
Director Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern
Starring Gérard Depardieu, Yolande Moreau, Isabelle Adjani, Benoît Poelvoorde
Genre Comedy
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Serge Pilardosse vient d'avoir 60 ans. Il travaille depuis l'âge de 16 ans, jamais au chômage, jamais malade. Mais l'heure de la retraite a sonné, et c'est la désillusion : il lui manque des points, certains employeurs ayant oublié de le déclarer ! Poussé par Catherine, sa femme, il enfourche sa vieille moto des années 70, une " Mammut " qui lui vaut son surnom, et part à la recherche de ses bulletins de salaires. Durant son périple, il retrouve son passé et sa quête de documents administratifs devient bientôt accessoire...
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They've given their star one rotten peach of a role, and Depardieu makes the most of it. Because of him, such surreal Gallic scuzziness has rarely seemed so sweetly tender.
A quirky road-trip movie with things to say. A return to form for Depardieu too.
Village Voice by Melissa Anderson
Too limp and scattershot to warrant anything stronger than indifference.
The New York Times by Rachel Saltz
A wearisome mix of miserableness and dark humor.
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