Rating: 
Summary: A buñuelian film noir
Review: In the best tradition of the sarcasticc, ironic and devasting spirit of Luis Buñuel's filmography (and obviously a Billy Wilder's touch), the film runs by its own with a masterful plot brilliant travels and remarkable performances.
Blier made a film absolutely free of any kind of convencionalism, intelligent humor, clever sense of absurd and mesmerizing laberyntic journey into the underworld, the acid view about a policeman who decides breaking the rules together with two men who are under a high stress anguish by different reasons . Suddenly all the sense of reality suffers a blackout and you become part of it.
Watch this film. And convince by yourself this is a fascinating tale, a brilliant work, and an unforgettable movie in any age.
You'll be widely rewarded. And please, forget the logical and drown in this surrealistic story.
Eternally enjoyable.
Depardieu as always at his top.
Rating:
Summary: A buñuelian film noir
Review: In the best tradition of the sarcasticc, ironic and devasting spirit of Luis Buñuel's filmography (and obviously a Billy Wilder's touch), the film runs by its own with a masterful plot brilliant travels and remarkable performances.
Blier made a film absolutely free of any kind of convencionalism, intelligent humor, clever sense of absurd and mesmerizing laberyntic journey into the underworld, the acid view about a policeman who decides breaking the rules together with two men who are under a high stress anguish by different reasons . Suddenly all the sense of reality suffers a blackout and you become part of it.
Watch this film. And convince by yourself this is a fascinating tale, a brilliant work, and an unforgettable movie in any age.
You'll be widely rewarded. And please, forget the logical and drown in this surrealistic story.
Eternally enjoyable.
Depardieu as always at his top.
Rating:
Summary: A buñuelian film noir
Review: In the best tradition of the sarcasticc, ironic and devasting spirit of Luis Buñuel's filmography (and obviously a Billy Wilder's touch), the film runs by its own with a masterful plot brilliant travels and remarkable performances.
Blier made a film absolutely free of any kind of convencionalism, intelligent humor, clever sense of absurd and mesmerizing laberyntic journey into the underworld, the acid view about a policeman who decides breaking the rules together with two men who are under a high stress anguish by different reasons . Suddenly all the sense of reality suffers a blackout and you become part of it.
Watch this film. And convince by yourself this is a fascinating tale, a brilliant work, and an unforgettable movie in any age.
You'll be widely rewarded. And please, forget the logical and drown in this surrealistic story.
Eternally enjoyable.
Depardieu as always at his top.
Rating: 
Summary: OFFBEAT AND BORING
Review: Maybe I was tired when I view this French flick, and I admit it had interesting and well photographed scenes. I especially liked the opening scenes in the Metro. Sure, there were Kafkaesque story lines. And a police inspector did not especially enforce the law, and there were a couple of surreal murder scenes sprinkled with a bit of zany dialogue. But it seemed really to be more like a dark cult film wannabe. I had just begun to think Georges Depardieu is an excellent actor (LES COMPERES, RETURN OF MARTIN GERE, and more recently JEAN DE FLORETTE) who made it in France, became popular in the USA and then Hollywood ruined him (like in that awful GREEN CARD). But this was Depardieu's movie in 1980 France. Well folks, he was pretty one dimensional throughout BUFFET FROID. Yes, I think I did get the "dark humor." Yet BUFFET FROID managed to produce in me a bit of ennui.
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Summary: BEST SERVED COLD
Review: The blackest of black comedies, Bertrand Blier's surreal "BUFFET FROID" (Fox Lorber,...), stars Depardieu as Alphonse, a jobless man who may or may not be a murderer and his relationships with his wife's killer, an oddball police inspector and other cynical misfits. Very French in it's skewed perspective and very cold-hearted in its execution, this bizarre film is from the director of the shockingly funny "Get Out Your Handkerchiefs" and the equally disturbing ugly love story "To Beautiful For You." When I first saw this movie it held my attention and I thought about it for days. Seeing it again, I recall that I never had emotional or intellectual closure. It's meaning escaped me and the subtext was unsettling. I was not enlightened about life but only allowed to share a dream where life is unpredictable, has no meaning and the attempt to seek answers is the first step in one's eventual downfall. Pretty cold servings to digest (hence the title?). Still, this singularly bizarre tale from 1979 is worth seeing. Maybe somewhere in this material is the key to David Lynch's "Mullholland Dr."
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Summary: Just Let Yourself Go
Review: This is a dark comedy about what happens when people let themselves go. The line between murder and a garden variety action becomes blurred. The acting is superb, the action is fast, the course of events is not cliched or easily predictable. And the end of the movie, as someone pointed out, is true justice. The movie makes you think how little there is between our normal life and total deterioration and meltdown into the absurd. The movie manages to convey the point while remaining original and entertaining. Highly recommended.
Rating:
Summary: A dark masterpiece
Review: This is a truly a flawless, dark and absurd masterpiece. The pace is very slow, the script theatrical, and the camera shots add an expressionist and "film noir" dimension to it all. Not to mention great acting by Carmet, Depardieu, Blier et al. If you have enjoyed movies like Barton Fink, Fargo, Cible Émouvante or even Dr. Strangelove, you have GOT to watch that movie. There is no action here. Nevertheless, you will find loads of dark humor, a twisted plot and totally absurd characters. This is MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE MOVIE and I have seen it at least 100 times (no kidding!).
Rating:
Summary: A dark masterpiece
Review: This is a truly a flawless, dark and absurd masterpiece. The pace is very slow, the script theatrical, and the camera shots add an expressionist and "film noir" dimension to it all. Not to mention great acting by Carmet, Depardieu, Blier et al. If you have enjoyed movies like Barton Fink, Fargo, Cible Émouvante or even Dr. Strangelove, you have GOT to watch that movie. There is no action here. Nevertheless, you will find loads of dark humor, a twisted plot and totally absurd characters. This is MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE MOVIE and I have seen it at least 100 times (no kidding!).
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Summary: Mind-blowing
Review: This is certainly one of the best black comedies I've seen, and probably the most surreal (and absurd). The movie creates another reality that sharply contrasts with the one we're used to seeing and yet seems piercingly real. The actors are simply superb, the atmosphere is carried out to perfection, and the plot is simply awesome. This movie demonstrates what happens when two kinds of 'logic' (yours and the absurd one) crash. This movie is definitely one of the best French movies of all time. At least that's what I'd say...
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Summary: A very funny dark movie
Review: This is one of the best movies and worth the "struggle" for those of you who may dislike films with subtitles. As a student of French, it is good, since the dialogue isn't too complex or fast that you can't keep up. Before it's over, you'll forever remember the French work for "knife". Buy it or rent it, but see this movie!
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