GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Andres-Camara Me ha gustado de reírme con esta película. Me encanta como se ríe de todo lo políticamente correcto. Se mete en todos los charcos sin dejar uno sin tocar. No digamos que es la película del año, es una comedia para reírse un rato, pero es que te ríes.Los actores están muy bien. Seguro que lo pasaron de risa todo el rodaje.Como suele ocurrir, este tipo de películas, no tiene fotografía, es neutral. Está dirigida de manera correcta, para hacerte reír y que luego te olvides. Pero al menos lo consigue. No se esfuerza en poner la cámara. Solo ve la historia. Pero al menos es agradable y no te aburres.Ve la película y al menos te reirás un rato.

secondtake The Closet (2000)Cute, quaint, well done, and a French feel good comedy. This is nothing brilliant, but it's the equal of lots of American comedies in creating a situation that is filled with built-in laughs. And the leading man, Daniel Auteuil, is funny and sympathetic.The setting for this all is an office of the most preposterous kind--a condom factory. This is meant to be funnier than it is, actually, but it's a colorful backdrop to the opening salvo--our leading man is not the best accountant and he gets fired. Back home, where his life has left him and his son has stopped talking to him, his neighbor stops him from jumping off the balcony to his death. And concocts a simple plan to keep his job: pretend he is gay.The hook here is that by being openly gay the man would be able to claim he was fired by the gay bashers at the factory. This doesn't quite hold up, but the key basher is played with nice complexity by Gerard Depardieu, who himself begins to show some latent something or other. There is plenty of sympathy and warmth to go around here, and lots of appropriate laughs as you empathize with the main guy. Eventually, of course, people discover the ruse and that starts some new jokes. All in all enjoyable and fun, without a dull moment. And that's all you expect or need from this kind of movie.

tedg You know, if something makes you laugh as intended it succeeds. It is a great thing, especially if it avoids making you feel dirty afterwards.The basic story is only a device: wimpy guy pretends to be gay to save his job. This makes him fascinating to others including his estranged son.The framework provides opportunity for jokes and endearments — even a kitten. Even, my gosh, the visiting Japanese delegation bit. It is pleasant enough. But woven around that framework is a metastory about the wonder of the power of story. Here we have a complete loser, not merely ignored but belittled. A tiny story fragment is planted and around it grows all sorts of power fed by the situations brought by the people surrounding him. He is baffled, but like the rest of us has to go along. When he finally gets back to truth, he gets extra points because of the THAT story.Dancing around in the background is the ever trustworthy Depardieu who has his own story- trick played on him.This is delicate and deep, worthy of laughing at, a tiny story fragment planted in us around which we will build with what we bring.Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.

blanche-2 Daniel Auteuil comes of it "Le Placard" (The Closet), or so everyone thinks, in this 2001 French film directed by Francis Veber and also starring Gerard Depardieu, Michele Laroque, Michel Aumont, and Thierry Lhermitte. When Francois Pignon (Auteuil) learns that he is about to be fired, his neighbor Belone (Aumont) suggests that he come out as gay. Then the company won't dare fire him. Belone photoshops some photos that show Pignon being fondled in a gay bar. Pignon, a rather colorless man, keeps his job, and in the process, learns who he is and what he wants.A truly lovely film, but some of the gay jokes, language, and attitudes related to homosexuality are really offensive. This, though, is part of the story, mostly involving a cruel co-worker, Santini (Depardieu) who thinks he has to be nice to Pignon in order to keep his job. In reality, his buddies are just having fun with him. It leads to Santini becoming very conflicted and depressed.The relationship between Pignon and his gay neighbor, Aumont, is very poignant.This isn't a laugh out loud movie for the most part - it's a very light, warm film that's very satisfying. Good viewing.