The French Dispatch
The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.
- Released: 2021-10-21
- Runtime: 108 minutes
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Stars: Bill Murray, Benicio del Toro, Frances McDormand, Jeffrey Wright, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Owen Wilson, Timothée Chalamet, Léa Seydoux, Mathieu Amalric, Lyna Khoudri, Steve Park, Liev Schreiber, Elisabeth Moss, Edward Norton, Willem Dafoe, Lois Smith, Saoirse Ronan, Christoph Waltz, Cécile de France, Guillaume Gallienne, Jason Schwartzman, Tony Revolori, Rupert Friend, Henry Winkler, Bob Balaban, Hippolyte Girardot, Anjelica Huston, Denis Ménochet, Alex Lawther, Vincent Lacoste, Benjamin Lavernhe, Vincent Macaigne, Félix Moati, Wallace Wolodarsky, Fisher Stevens, Griffin Dunne, Stéphane Bak, Anjelica Bette Fellini, Lily Taïeb, Mohamed Belhadjine, Nicolas Avinée, Winsen Ait Hellal, Toheeb Jimoh, Larry Pine, Tom Hudson, Jarvis Cocker, Bruno Delbonnel, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Damien Bonnard, Morgane Polanski, Antonia Desplat, Sam Haygarth, Pablo Pauly
- Director: Wes Anderson
Comments
- bignuts-06245 - 12 January 2023
Not good at all!
Once again I expected much better with an all star cast including Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Henry Winkler, Bill Murray & many others but again I was left very disappointed! The film is about a few stories that made it into a paper known as "the French dispatch". One story is about a prisoner who becomes an artist & there were a couple of others which were so uninspiring that I've already forgotten what they were about! If I were you I wouldn't waste my time watching this, it's boring, strange & not worth wasting an hour & 40 minutes of your life on! I don't think Wes Anderson's films are for me to be honest, I've seen a few now thinking they would be good due to the calibre of actors in them but I've been let down every time so far unfortunately. - cpbirdie - 13 October 2022
A Moving Picture Magazine
Wes Anderson films are always intriguing, with subtle messages depicted in stylistic techniquest and highbrow aspirations. I usually have to view his films more than once to get the whole idea and appreciate the dialogue and narration that in this case can get away from you. Can anyone read the French translations fast enough without pausing? Even the clever end credit illustrations can't be appreciated along with the cast credits without a pause. I don't believe I'll watch this one again. It's a moving "New Yorker" magazine that intends to observe the absurd in the world, but it fails because it's too cerebral and not funny enough. Narration and cartoons to advance the story aren't always successful methods to make a cohesive, enjoyable motion picture. I'd rather read the articles and laugh at the cartoons in the New Yorker than watch this film.
