Review of The Intouchables (2011) by Fernando C — 09 Dec 2015

The untouchables is a comedy, drama the title does a good job of setting the scene about the film it is about the people seen to be undesirable or people who are seen to have a certain stigma attached to them. the trailer shows the main themes of the film a light hearted comedy which isnt afraid to make fun of both main characters situations. Driss being a young poor 'street' black person and Philippe a crippled rich champagne dealer who has no luck finding an assistant.

The film contains multiple moments which would be classed as drama mostly dealing with Philippe's situation but also about driss's family and friends who have a running theme throughout the movie acting as a semi major plot point. the overall message of the film is about hope and how it can be found in the unlikeliness of places.

The plot has strong comedy throughout giving good laughs and a heartwarming story. certain plot points could have easily been left out such as scenes with Philippe's daughter whos story is never fully resolved. the ending seems rushed and is split between the start of the film and the end.

The acting of the the film is very good with both the main characters giving a great performance especially Omar Sy who plays Driss especially with his family scenes which required him to have a large change of emotion compared to Philippe.

The camera work in the movie were quite impressive with different types of scenes such as action with a high speed car chase cutting between scenes inside the car to scenes following the car and the perusing vehicles.

The film overall was very enjoyable with with a large range of emotion portrayed and the use of music throughout the film changes depending on which character it is following at the moment to highlight the difference between the two characters and the sad scenes make this a very memorable film which will just as easily pick up your spirits as drop them without notice.