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By Martine C (5) on 31 Aug 2007

A brilliant film, full of sharp, nasty wit…

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By Steven C (1,252) on 02 Aug 2007

Where wit and humor are far more valuable than money...you've got to see it. Fanny Ardant is wonderful as usual…

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By Bill R (1,043) on 15 Jul 2007

Jaw-dropping period drama. 'Because you ridicule me now, a child will die…

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By Sarah G (848) on 15 Jul 2007

I definitely enjoyed this film. Wonderful portrayal of the importance of wit in the French court. Amusing at times, and dramatic at others…

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By Ned B (17) on 03 Jul 2007

Wonderful costume movie with intense court drama during the Louis XVI era…

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By Jerald L (2) on 18 Jun 2007

I love this film about the aristocracy and decadent lifestyle they lead…

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By Highbury J (1) on 18 Jun 2007

I love this film. Pure genius and the girl OMFG uber-fine…

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By Bora B (21) on 14 Jun 2007

5 stars if you love 18th century French and les fameux calembours :)…

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By Luis C (539) on 08 Jun 2007

One of my favorite movies. As everyone already knows Fanny Ardant is magic, a goddess on screen…

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By Carol W (129) on 29 May 2007

Beautiful and witty humour as sharp as the blade of a guillotine…

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By Frank J (461) on 18 Apr 2007

Fanny Ardant interprète peut-être à merveille la comtesse de Blayac, il n'en demeure pas moins que j'ai été un peu déçu par ce film…

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By Robin P (467) on 25 Feb 2007

How can you not love a movie where the openning scene is of one man pissing on another man…

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By Sonya L (41) on 01 May 2006

This is not that bad, but somehow, I didn't enjoy it as much as I should have considering the director and the cast…

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By Timothy M (796) on 28 Feb 2006

Mildly entertaining little romp, with some passable acting…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 25 Jan 2006

Witty, intelligent and quintessentially French, it is an unusually involving costume drama that takes us into a decadent world few will know…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 30 Nov 2003

For those who appreciate movies with a bite, Ridicule shows its teeth early and keeps them razor-sharp throughout…

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By Jay Boyar (463) for Orlando Sentinel (1,594) on 23 Sep 2002

Resplendent and intelligent from start to finish, Ridicule strikes a winning balance between humor and heart as it pillories an era in France…

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By David Armstrong (14) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 25 Jul 2002

What the story lacks in tension, Waterhouse's writing and Leconte's direction make up for in entertainment…

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By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 26 Nov 2001

Ridicule convincingly establishes a sense of dread that comes with living in constant fear of public humiliation…

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By Edward Guthmann (364) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 21 Feb 2000

With a surgeon's precision and trenchant wit, director Patrice Leconte slices open the French upper classes of the late 18th century and reveals…

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