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By Robert Denerstein (1,148) for Denver Rocky Mountain News (608) on 03 May 2007

Think mediocrity, so much so that if you took away the French subtitles and had the characters speaking English, you'd have an American comedy…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 02 May 2007

Seasoned French auteur Francis Veber (The Birdcage) creates an offhand romantic comedy that Hollywood rarely achieves…

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By Andrew Wright (312) for The Stranger (Seattle, WA) (891) on 01 May 2007

Not one of the director's tightest contraptions…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 27 Apr 2007

An unfunny French comedy with unappealing characters…

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By Bill Stamets (145) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 26 Apr 2007

Briskly directed, The Valet hits the brakes for an abrupt ending, but this short ride delivers few apercus on fidelity, glamor or the nice…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Apr 2007

Writer-director Francis Veber has been compared to everyone from Moliere to Blake Edwards, but this sublime French farce reminded me most of…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 25 Apr 2007

Veber's early stage training serves him well both as an adapter (he wrote the La Cage aux Folles screenplay) and as a maker of originals though,…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for AV Club (2,778) on 20 Apr 2007

The stitching of Veber's contrived entanglements falls apart at the tug of a thread, because nobody onscreen buys the ruse being perpetrated…

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By Gary Goldstein (1,089) for Reel.com (1,232) on 19 Apr 2007

I think it's safe to say the time may have passed for Francis Veber's particular brand of French farce, especially if he's going to keep cranking…

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By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 19 Apr 2007

The Valet isn't anything to leave an extra-large tip for, and you're not going to dent your sides laughing…

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By Fernando F. Croce (840) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 19 Apr 2007

After the vaporous whimsy of Avenue Montaigne and now the drippy antics of The Valet, Paris really could use more Gaspar Noé leather infernos…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for New York Times (5,786) on 19 Apr 2007

If you love to hate the superrich, The Valet, a delectable comedy in which the great French actor Daniel Auteuil portrays a piggy billionaire…

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By Kam Williams (1,272) for Toronto-Franco.com (1) on 17 Apr 2007

This latest French farce from Oscar-nominee Francis Veber (La Cage aux Folles) is another sophisticated screwball comedy right up there with…

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 17 Apr 2007

A satisfying contraption of twists, missteps, and blithe repartee that produces old-fashioned, honestly earned guffaws…

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By Robert Wilonsky (520) for Village Voice (8,525) on 16 Apr 2007

Of all of Francis Veber's farces (The Dinner Game, La Cage Aux Folles, etc.), this is the one that feels most like a sitcom pilot, which is…

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By Doris Toumarkine (464) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 08 Mar 2007

Another tidy and pleasing addition to the filmmaker's oeuvre…

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