The Taste of Others

2000 [FRENCH]

Comedy / Drama / Romance

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 98% · 60 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 82% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 11032 11K

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Director

Agnès Jaoui Photo
Agnès Jaoui

Top cast

Agnès Jaoui Photo
Agnès Jaoui as Manie
Gérard Lanvin Photo
Gérard Lanvin as Franck Moreno
Alain Chabat Photo
Alain Chabat as Bruno Deschamps
Anne Le Ny Photo
Anne Le Ny as Valérie, l'habilleuse
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1.01 GB
1280*544
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 5
2.07 GB
1920*816
French 5.1
NR
Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by gvlees 8 / 10

Patience well rewarded

A slice of potentially real French life, elegantly portrayed with the believable people ('characters' is the wrong word) being eminently watchable. It's a witty comedy that plays as a tragedy. The excellent screenplay reveals itself hesitantly, but that is the charm. The audience joins the story in the middle and leaves it before the end. The subtle everyday conflict of clashing tastes born of different beliefs - and no few prejudices - may seem rather boring plot compared with the latest Hollywood caper, but it leaves a magnificent impression of social relevance. And if you have not experienced the culture of everyday France, pay attention to the focal point the cafe takes. A word of praise to the two main architects: co-author (Agnes Jaoui) who directs herself as the barmaid (Manie) and her coauthor (Jean-Pierre Bacri) who writes himself the somewhat awful role of Castella. I must look out for their other works.
Reviewed by ghp1954 8 / 10

Mammon meets art in an intelligent and witty French drama

A rich but uncultured provincial businessman falls for a local actress and pushes himself into her circle of arty friends. Initially they see him as a Philistine and treat him as a joke, but their attitudes change when he becomes a potential buyer for their work. Meantime, his interior designer wife is forcing her chintzy styles onto his sister who has moved in nearby, and his bodyguard and his driver are having to deal with their own shortcomings in their amorous encounters with a local barmaid. The interwoven sub-plots, the intelligent characterisation and the witty dialogue make this a sophisticated drama in the best sense. The film indulges neither the shallow bourgeoisie nor the supercilious bohemians, but all the characters are real and believable.If the plot offers no easy solutions to the complex needs and insecurities of its characters, it does at least show each of them, in his or her own way, learning something significant about themselves and about other people. The two leading characters in particular come to see each other in a more accepting light, and a direction for the future is opened up.The confidence, intelligence and humour with which director Agnes Jaoui presents these tangled lives are a pleasure to experience, and she offers a refreshing and very European alternative to the more clichéd characterisation favoured by Hollywood.
Reviewed by charbrom 8 / 10

sharp, subtle, sublime

This debut for Jaoui (playing the role of Manie) as a director is a great comedy. Hilarious, but not over the top. 'Le Goût des Autres' has some very sharp dialogues filled with subtle jokes and delivered by a perfect cast. It was no surprise to learn afterwards that the same screenwriters wrote the script for 'Un Air de Famille' by Cedric Klapisch, another French comedy at its best. But this one is without a doubt one of the most enjoyable movies of the year. A well deserved Oscar-nominee for 'best foreign language film'.
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