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Mammuth

Mammuth

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  • France
  • 2010
  • · 92m

Directors Benoît Delepine, Gustave Kervern
Cast Gérard Depardieu, Yolande Moreau, Isabelle Adjani, Benoît Poelvoorde, Philippe Nahon, Bouli Lanners
Genre Comedy

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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80

Time Out by David Fear

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.

60

Empire by David Parkinson

A quirky road-trip movie with things to say. A return to form for Depardieu too.

40

Village Voice by Melissa Anderson

Too limp and scattershot to warrant anything stronger than indifference.

40

The New York Times by Rachel Saltz

A wearisome mix of miserableness and dark humor.

38

Slant Magazine by Bill Weber

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.