Victoria

2016 [FRENCH]

Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 83% · 136 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 83% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 5394 5.4K

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Plot summary

Victoria is a thirty-something divorced lawyer who's struggling to raise her two daughters. She is canny and cynical but on the verge of an emotional breakdown. At a friend's wedding she reconnects with Vincent, an old friend, and Sam, an old client. Her life is about to take a new turn.

Director

Justine Triet Photo
Justine Triet

Top cast

Marc-Antoine Vaugeois Photo
Marc-Antoine Vaugeois as Leader blogeurs
Melvil Poupaud Photo
Melvil Poupaud as Vincent Kossarski
Virginie Efira Photo
Virginie Efira as Victoria Spick
Laure Calamy Photo
Laure Calamy as Christelle, l'avocate de Victoria
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
882.68 MB
1280*534
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 5
1.77 GB
1920*800
French 5.1
NR
Subtitles fr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 8

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 6 / 10

In Bed with Victoria

"Victoria" (Virginie Efira) hasn't her problems to seek! She's a divorced lawyer with custody of two children and a messy and fairly fluid love life. She manages to fall out with her baby sitter and so is even more stretched when the tousled young "Sam" (Vincent Lacoste) - an aspiring lawyer himself, offers to help her out. He will be her cook and bottle washer, mind the children and work with her - all for free! Suspicious, she gives him a week but soon he proves his worth and becomes a bit of an anchor for her increasingly complicated life. These complications emanate from her decision to sue her ex (the father of the children) for using her career as a template for his popular and salacious blog, and also from defending a friend and potential murderer (Melvil Poupaud) in a criminal trial that also involves another friend, too. The scene now set, this could have been quite a good scenario for Efira and the charismatic Lacoste, but the writing really lets it down. The story lurches from frying pan to not very humorous fire just once too often, the romantic melodrama is all just a bit passé and were it not for an outstanding effort from a Dalmatian with taste and a chimp adept with an iPhone, the humour would be distinctly lacking. The odd calamity in the plot would have been welcome, but here there are just too many implausibles and not enough comedy. Laure Calamy has a bit of fun as her defending counsel - French law courts are always so much more flamboyant and lively than British ones, but sadly she's not on screen often enough to make much difference. It's watchable enough, but just not that special.
Reviewed by kosmasp 7 / 10

In bed with ...

No pun intended - this is actually the title this was streaming under. And made it easier to find. Try to search for a movie called Victoria! This won't be the first that pops up (if that is deserved or not, I'll let you decide). This is about a woman who has not found herself - but also has to deal with a lot of ... well outside interference (this is also a wrestling term, but you get what I mean I assume).Acting is really good - the movie makes sense. Even though one major side character (although I reckon you could see him as a major character) has weird motivations ... on the other hand can you really blame him? Same goes for the pair that is responsible for some ups and downs she has to go through. Not sure how the justice system works, but some things seem unfair too ... on the other hand, life never is entirely fair so there is that ... anyway, a decent movie overall with good performances.
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