ROMANTIC COMEDY.
Between the two, his heart swings
At 9:05 pm, on France 2.
In all situations of life, including the most innocuous, Juliette (Alexandra Lamy) is very embarrassed.
She doesn't know how to choose.
This is to say if his dilemma is at the top when his bachelor path crosses that of Paul, a Scotsman who works in the bank, and Etienne, best worker in France in gastronomy.
Better, and especially worse, both ask for her in marriage… The tile for a personality like his.
How to do ?
Choose one or the other?
Or none?
Here is a pretty comedy imagined by Eric Lavaine to whom we owe the excellent "Incognito", three years later with Franck Dubosc and the singer Bénabar.
This time, to tease the female audience, he puts two more handsome guys in the credits: the popular Arnaud Ducret and the unknown Jamie Bamber.
But beyond these appearances, we love this mischievous scenario which gives Alexandra Lamy a deserved first role and her bridesmaids, a charming range of nuances to defend.
There is first Sabrina Ouazani who then began to make his way over the supporting roles before triumphing in "Taxi 5" in 2018. But also the irresistible Anne Marivin, discovered in "Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis" in 2008 and who plays here one of Juliette's two best friends.
Dany Boon had appealed to her again to give him the answer in his 2017 hit “Crazy Raid”.
He had known how to choose.
Unlike the heroine of the Sunday night comedy.
EDITOR'S RATING: 4/5
“The Embarrassment of Choice”,
French comedy by Eric Lavaine (2017), with Alexandra Lamy, Arnaud Ducret, Jamie Bamber… 1h40.
THRILLER.
Doom Legacy
At 9:05 pm, on NRJ 12.
Young prosecutor in New York in full rise, Lauren Monroe learns of the sudden death of her father while she is in the middle of a press conference.
In his will, he bequeathed his millions of dollars to his son William, in the middle of the political campaign.
Lauren, she receives in all confidentiality a USB key with a video message from her father telling her that a terrible secret, of which she is now the keeper, awaits her in a bunker buried in the family property.
There, she discovers a chained man, who claims to be sequestered here for thirty years.
The starting point of "Bloodline: the price of blood" is quite implausible, if not totally grotesque.
But the result is more or less, plunging the heroine into an unmanageable moral doubt for this woman attached to the values of justice.
Lily Collins, her interpreter, is doing well in this dramatic role, very far from the one she holds in the Netflix bluette "Emily In Paris".
Facing her, Simon Pegg, who lends his features to the imprisoned man, is excellent.
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EDITOR'S RATING: 3/5
“Bloodline: the price of blood”,
American thriller by Vaughn Stein (2020), with Lily Collins, Simon Pegg, Connie Nielsen, Chace Crawford… 1h51.
COMEDY.
Three-way marriage
“D-Day”: for Juliette, Mathias, Ben and Clarisse, it all started during a fancy dress party that was a little too drunk.
Gaumont
At 10:40 pm, on France 2.
It is not just the Anglo-Saxons who know how to make good romantic comedies.
“D-Day” begins during a very drunken fancy dress party, at the end of which Juliette, played by Reem Kherici, ends up in the arms of Mathias, played by Nicolas Duvauchelle.
Following a misunderstanding, these two meet again soon after: Juliette, who is a wedding planner, must orchestrate the wedding of… Mathias.
Without wanting to, the latter finds himself in the middle of his future wife and his mistress for a night.
Very removed, "D-Day" connects unlikely situations with a spicy humor, sometimes even trash.
Very tasty supporting roles revolve around an endearing love trio: Sylvie Testud as a slightly bitter partner, François-Xavier Demaison as a good geek buddy or Chantal Lauby as a mother totally in the West.
Original, sparkling and really moving.
EDITOR'S RATING: 4/5
“D-Day”,
comedy by Reem Kherici (2017), with Reem Kherici, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Julia Piaton, François-Xavier Demaison, Sylvie Testud, Chantal Lauby… 1h35.
DOCUMENTARY.
Dearest secretary
At 10:40 pm in France 5.
Secretary General of the President?
So much mystery surrounds the function, which does not only house the man who reads on the steps of the Elysee the list of appointed to the government.
Who is really this stranger to the Republic who sees everything, hears everything and often remains the closest collaborator to the Head of State?
A prime minister bis?
An unelected vice-president?
For the first time, seven secretaries general of the Elysée tell us about forty years of French political life and offer us an incredible dive behind the scenes.
We thus learn in this documentary how Jean-Pierre Jouyet, secretary general of François Hollande, put Emmanuel Macron into orbit by advising the president to entrust him with Bercy, we discover how Claude Guéant managed the complicated love affairs of Nicolas Sarkozy.
This fascinating and sometimes also moving film is devoured like a historical novel.
In the end, we know everything about the function of "SG", the highest Elysian official.
The only one who evolves in the intimate and political sphere of the Head of State ... in all discretion.
EDITOR'S RATING: 4.5
“L'Homme du Président”,
French documentary (2020) by Vincent Martigny and Joseph Beauregard (1 hour).
COMEDY.
Hello mom, you're sore
Isabelle Nanty and Pierre-François Martin-Laval play Clara and Harold, parents who are very, very involved… UGC DISTRIBUTION
At 9:05 p.m. on TF1.
Clara, a doctor, and Harold, a publicist, have two children: Vincent, overwhelmed with grief since his girlfriend, Elina, left him, and Eloise, less inclined to show her feelings.
Focused on their offspring, his parents suffocate Vincent with their attempts at consolation by trying to make him hate Elina.
There are good moments in this comedy, including a wacky food fight sequence.
Casually, this film which changes axis in the middle speaks quite well of the cliché bobo family.
And Isabelle Nanty recalls that she has an irresistible comic potential.
EDITOR'S RATING: 3/5
“My Chick”
, French comedy by Frédéric Forestier (2017), with Isabelle Nanty, Thomas Solivérès… 1h35.
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