It's all pure hokum, perfect for a Shirley MacLaine remake, but it's lovely to see Lafont carrying a film so effortlessly.
Paulette
France · 2012
Rated R · 1h 27m
Director Jérôme Enrico
Starring Bernadette Lafont, Carmen Maura, Dominique Lavanant, Françoise Bertin
Genre Crime, Comedy
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Paulette lives alone in a housing project in the Paris suburbs. With her meager pension, she can no longer make ends meet.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein
Far too broad and simplistic to enjoy as the offbeat soufflé it so desperately aims to be.
Politics aside, however, the movie delivers on the inspiration of its premise, featuring just the sort of laughs one hopes for.
The Hollywood Reporter by Sheri Linden
With director Jerome Enrico mining the material for only the most obvious gags, the social commentary of the central joke never rises to the level of hard-hitting satire, instead settling on a broadly observed collection of types.
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